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'OS^AO'>- thb -f Hisrof 4 SEUM , •J 0 7 AUSjtiio Supplement PUR ,_TCng to Bulletin of the African Bird Club Vol 6 No 1 March 1999 Literature Review: papers and notes on African birds published December 1997 to November 1998 (and some from earlier) CompiledbyPeterLack British TrustforOrnithology, TheNunnery, ThetfordIP242PU, UK ThisisthefifthannualreviewofliteratureonAfrican anditisnotinthelistsbelowpleasesendthemtothe birds,andcontinuesfromwherethefourth(Supple- Club address or direct to me. Ifsuch items canbe ment to Bull,ABCvol.5 no.l) finished. It contains suppliedintheformofcitationandbriefabstractas details of those papers and notes published and belowsomuchthebetter. broughttomyattentionfromDecember1997until The following major journals and magazines 30 November 1998, and some which I had missed havebeenscannedforthisis—sue: fromearlierdates. AfricanBirdJournals Africa Birds&Birding,Bab- : Themain ornithologicallandmarkforAfrica in bler,BeeEater,BirdNumbers,BulletinoftheAfrican 1998wastheInternationalOrnithologicalCongress Bird Club, EastAfrica Natural History Society Bul- heldinDurban, SouthAfricainAugust.Thisgener- letin,Honeyguide,JournalofAfricanRaptorBiology, ated considerable interest andresulted in a whole Malimbus, Mirafra, Ostrich, Porphyrio, Promerops, volume of Ostrich (the journal of BirdLife South SAFRING News, Sandgrouse, Scopus. • Africa)beingdevotedtotheProceedings.Thepub- lishedversionswereintheformofabstracts.Those InternationalBirdJournals:Alauda,Ardea,Auk,Bird oftheplenarysessionsandtheinvitedsymposiawere Conservation International, Bird Study, Birding inthefirstpart,andthesecondpartcontainedthose World, British Birds, Bulletin of the British Orni- ofofferedpaperspresentedorallyorasposters.Over thologists’Club,Condor,DutchBirding,Ibis,Journal 100 ofthe contributions relate to African birds in of Avian Biology, Journal fiir Ornithologie, some way and therefore warrant inclusion in this Ornithologische Beobachter, Ringing&Migration, supplement. Howeverbecausetheyarenotfullpa- Seabird,DieVogelwarte,DieVogelwelt,WaderStudy pers, indeed some are only progress reports and GroupBulletin,WilsonBulletin. somehaveanywaybeenpublishedinfullelsewhere, Others-,severalgeneralecologicalandbehaviourjour- Ihavedecidedtoincludetheseasaseparatesection nals,egAfricanJournalofEcology,AnimalBehaviour, attheend, althoughtheabstractshavebeensubdi- Conservation Biology,Journal ofAnimal Ecology. videdundersuitableheadingsasinthemainsections. La Terre etVie. Asbefore, theconsiderablemajorityofthearti- clesarenotedfromjournalsandmagazineswhichI This supplement follows the pattern of previous receivepersonallyorwhicharriveintothelibraryat ones. Pleasenote: Ihavenotincluded itemslisted the British Trust for Ornithology inThetford. Oth- undersuchas‘Societyoutings’orspecificmentionof ersarriveasexchangeswiththisBulletin. Ialsowas thecontentsofthe ‘RecentReports’sectionswhich able to visit the Alexander Library in Oxford in appear in several journals and newsletters. I have October,andafewauthorsandcorrespondentssent sometimesbeenselectiveofnoteswhicharelessthan copiesoftheirownorotherarticles.Iknowthereare clOlinesandwhicharereallynomorethanaRecent journals and articles which are missed, especially Report. Several items could very easily have been articlesandnotesinjournalswhichonlyoccasionally placedinmorethanonesection. Ihavetriedtoput have relevant pieces or those with a very local or eachintothesectionrelatingtoitsmaincontents,but restricted circulation. Hence I reiterate the plea to dolookinrelatedones.TheGeneralBiologysection authorsandeditors: ifyouwantyourpieceincluded is something of a catch-all for those mentioning LiteratureReview BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement- 1 — severalsubjects. Addressesgivenarenotnecessarily The sectionatthe endcontainingthe abstracts thosefromwhichtheworkwasdone.Ihavegiventhe from the International Ornithological Congress—is presentaddressofthecorrespondenceauthorasfar divided as follows: Checklists (1); Migration — I cantellthisfromthepaper. Palearctic(4);Migration Afrotropical(2);General Atotalof424referencesisincludedinthefollow- Biology(2); Ecology(24);Conservation(39);Be- ingsectio—ns:Checklistsand—RaritiesReports(27); haviourandVoice(7);FoodandFeeding(2);Nests Records North(8);Records Wes—t(11);Records andBreedingBiology(7);TaxonomyandEvolu- EastandNorth-east(11); Records Southern—(59); tion(16);MorphologyandPhysiology(3);Ringing Records:AtlanticOceanIslands(—2);Records In- (1);andMiscellaneous(4). dianOceanIslands(4);Migration Palearctic(11); — Migration Afrotropical(2>;GeneralBiology(24); Acknowledgements Ecology(53);Conservation(34);Behaviourand I am very grateful to several people, in particular Voice(11);FoodandFeedingBehaviour(34);Nests Norbert Bahr, Roger Safford and Volker Salewski, andBreedingSeasons(63);Identification(6);Tax- forhelpincompilingthissupplement, fordrawing onomy and Evolution (22); Morphology and myattentiontoitemsIhadmissedandforsending Physiology(8);Sites(12);Ringing(10);andMiscel- me items from journals I am not able to see laneous(12). regularly. CRheepcokrltisstsand Rarities CFuorrtdheeirrboirNd.Jr.e&coGrrdsimosfhiantweJre.st19f9r8o.mthe H4S0aA9uF,gRBaIlaaNnrGtdyNrJee.,w1Ms9a9l72a6.:wTih)5e5-N6y2i.ka(bPiOrdBporoxject. BeMtearlragoCiceoarimnPm.ei,.sFsr1ia99on7cn.hdLi’emHsooonmitoseJl.ao,ugTxahrteairvoeesnnaoutM. nKScioilr.i,tmhRaenorjnoarmaon.d3S2wc5eo0spAtuPesrS2nE0:Ss,l6o0Up-ne6is2v.o.f(IMDltleipnto.isBiatol. sthpee1cN7i’yePisakrlaeeacNroactrt.diecPdaarinnkdnco1or3vt2ehrAeifrnrngoettrxhotepeinNcsyaiiloknaof M(Fd1oa’9lHr9coo6omc).o—dlePorogBaraapprtphooiynrocrtenilodlMei9a:,rlo1a1c63C5a2o-i11mn07me3iS.Nasius(n4mitoeARvnreeo.my2de 6CS0hc6ioA0cpd7aud-gsi7ot0,1i76o:80n4,6s55-tUWo1S.1AC2o)T)radyeliorro’Sts,lCishti(c1a9go9,4IL PHmleianntteeasAur.Ce.Aan.1n9Lo9at5na.itoBetidrudlrisdstuoisfn2tc8hl:eud2Ge6da-.3m8.Re(sPetOtle- Pacrco3ev1petnrecedec.,orSFdursamnmocafer4)i4essuobfmietatcehdswpeecrieesreport fD1ro9o9wm8s.ettFheutr-atLvheiefmraaauidnrdaietoiFf.oCn&osntgDooo-awBnsrdeazdtzetalevRti.ilJol.nes. BcoorxFnue2lr2ly5o2fa7nO,ntWojtioanztdoehnddojecuhkep,cakNlRaiemsgtiibofinoar.)areainSE inEnglish. Malimbus20: 15-32.(RuedesLavandes KirwanG.M.1998.Additionstothe BourneW.R.P.&SimmonsK.E.L.1998. 12,F-34190Ganges,France) avifaunaofSocotraandAbdAl-Kuri,with AIslparnedl,iSmionuatrhyAltilstanotficthOecebiarnd.sSoefaAsScweanlslioown Nou7a3bsapleec-iNedsoakdidNeadt.(6P7arfkrsominOdthzealnaoratnh)d, naontdesmiognratnhteoscpeccuirerse.ncBuelol.fsAoBmCe5r:es1i7d—e2n1t. T47i:ll4y2d-r5on6.e(ADveep.t,.AZboeorl.d,eeAnbeArBd9ee2nTUNn,ivU.K,) ospfewchiieschde2l0etaerdefPraloemarlicstt.icmigrants.3 (U5K5)WestEnd St., Norwich NR2 4DP, 200Annanuottiactaledmililsetsofoftthhoeseisrleacndo.rdedwithin EClhrGohnaizqiuAe.o&rnFirthaonlcohgiiqmuoendtuJ.G1O99M7AC 101U)ppdaapteerswaiutthhorre’ssulStasnodfgrroecuesnet(v1i7s:it8s3a-nd therediscoveryoftheForbes-Watson BrewsterC.A.&MajorS.(compilers) pour1996.PartieI:desGrebesauxPics. manuscriptfroma 1964visit.Afull 1998.ReportfromtheRecordsSubcom- Porphyrio9:70-164.(87rue7,DarDaon, specieslistisincluded. CmiltutbeeP.OBaBbobxle7r1,33G:a3b8o-r4o5n.e(,BoBtostwsawnaanaB)ird SidiNoBno-upzaeskrsie,riMneeknpaerst,oMfoMroorcoccoc)anbird KopijG.1997.ThebirdsofBloemSpruit, AacacRenepdctoeBdrs,dpsaencoifde1fsu3lgliCvraeetnve.igsoerdylAistsopfecCiaetsegory MrFe.rpao&nrtcBhfeoirrmgio1e9n9rt6.JP..,1E9l9G7h.azLiistAe.,GTOheMvAeCnot BZ33ol9oo,5le6.mBfbl&oroneeEtemnedftiioonnnm.g.t,eMaiinUnrdnai91fv38r.0an0Fo,1rn4eS-(e°ob)ur:Stethea8td-Ae1i,f2nr.gPicO(a)DBepotx. BrewsterC.A.&TylerS.J.(compilers) reviseeetstatusdesespecesregulierement speciesrecordedinvalleyexcludingthose 1998.SummaryofCategoryBrecords. observablesauMaroc.Porphyrio9:28-44. ondams. Babbler33:46—61.(BotswanaBirdClub, (Fac.desSci.deMeknes,BP4010,Beni- POBox71,Gaborone,Botswana) M’Hamed, 50003Meknes,Morocco) KopijG.1997.BirdsofBethlehem,Free Fullannotatedlist. 334regularspeciesinMoroccolisted. (StDaetpet.PrZoovoiln.ce&. MEnitroamf.r,aU1n4(i3v/.4)F:re5e-1S2t.ate, ClouetM.,GoarJ.-L.&BarrauC.1998 GhaziA.1997.Inventairedel’avifaune POBox339,Bloemfontein9300, South Contributiona1’etudeornithologiquede nidificatricedelacarrieredeSidiBouzekri Africa) PiledeSocotra.Alauda66:235-246.(16 (Meknes).Porphyrio9:45-50.(Fac.desSci. 1,000hasurveyedconsistingoftown, ave.desCharmettes,F-31500Toulouse, deMeknes,BP4010,Beni-M’Hamed, suburbs,golfcourseandnaturereserve. 50003Meknes, Morocco) France) 2expeditions,inNov1993andNov Regularnestingspecies inMorocco MustoeS.H.,CapperD.R.,LowenJ.C., 1997,found54species.74pointcounts listed. LZoemabdiltesyeJ-.VDo.hi&bRaasikao:toamnaelwalNaatDi.on1a9l98P.ark performed. 2-BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement LiteratureReview _ 1HL HISTOF ;;UM,! insouth-westMadagascar. Bull.ABC5: WaiyakiE.1996.Anavifaunalsurveyof GooddescriptionoflhilcrAJilf^ ZliOO 3Car9he—eaS4l,5ot.tmehne(ehTnaohonmetl,eyOsGkllodnonosRwtoGhonesLth5i,a4mupCno3otrBltNdoaf,AnAscpUtepKoen)or,ft’thsis tMMohuuresnsi..CthKhKeeoerlnnaoyygnaayg,aC2ne7Pni:Ot1Hr-iBe1lfo0lo.sxrf(B4oDir0eoe6pds5tit8.sv,,eOrKrNsnaei.int,ryyoarNbe.aipt,o.Nratts.: BeQnendniahnnobguaesrAse.,daTAs.pbl|scA'ieeAsnm^zfrefolr^«,AVulgDAbh1^a5ikL-M1iun3VMlA^j6,1iA9hfr9)*t8..D\, GreenbulPhyllastrephusapperti.Afulllist Kenya) ObservationshivernalesauMarocdu ofspeciesincluded. SurveysmainlyinKapkanyarby PhalaropeabeelargePhalaropusfulicarius. NixonA.1998.Analysisofbirdsrecorded oinbcsleurdveidn.gandmist-netting.Specieslist AKelnaiutrdaa,66D:ept1.13B-i1o1l6.,.B(FPac1.33d,esKeSncii.trdae, atMondplaasPonds 1993-1996.BeeEater Morocco) 49:30-31.(Noaddressgiven) WaiyakiE.M.&BennunL.A.1996.Birds AnalysisofGreyPhalaroperecords 138specieslistedover3yearswith oftheLembusForests,SouthBaringo 1926—1998showssomewinteroff percentageofvisitsonwhichrecorded(of District,Kenya: asurvey.Nat.Mus.Kenya northernMoroccoaswellasinsouth. 25visits). CentreforBiodiversityreports:ornithology PauschE.1998.BirdsofKutseGame P24O: 1B-o1x0.40(6D5ep8t,.NaOirrno.b,i,NatK.enMyuas). Kenya, TsoeuwtihnekrenlMoS.ro1c9c9o8..[ODneslearrtkbsiardnsdin Reserve,Botswana.Babbler33:5-16. Avifaunacharacteristicofhighland wheatears.](German)Falke45: 24-29. (2730ArianeDr.No. 64, SanDiego, forestsofKenyawestofRiftValleyand (Noaddressgiven) Cali2f3o3rnsipaec9i2e1s1r7e-c3o4r46d,edUiSnAt)he2,500km2 likethatinMauForest.Currentlypressure MorBoicrcdo.o.bservationsandtravellingin upto1998.Annotatedlistgiven. islow.Specieslistincluded. PearsonD.J.&TurnerD.A.(compilers) Records—NorthAfrica Records—WestAfrica 1998. ReviewofKenyabirdrecords1992— BenyacoubS.1998.LaTourterelleturque CatryP.&MendesL.1998.Red-throated 41890961.9,SNcaoirpoubsi,20K:e6n5y—a8)3-(c/oPOBox 2St5r1e-p2t5o3p.eli(aUndievc.aodc’tAonennabAalg,erDieep.tA.lEacuodl.a,66: PHiippiptoAlanitshiuctsecreirnav,innueswantodGIucitenreian-eBWisasrabul.er volEsff1e6c—t1i9vealyndreapslascuecshpiasrta3shoofrtScKoepnuysa S2t3a0t0i0o,nABninola.b,aE,l-AMleglelraiha,)BP 12, El-Hadjar MGarlaihmabmuKse2r0r:B1u2i3l-di1n2g4,.U(nAipvp.l.GlOarsn.goUwn,it, birdreportfortheseyears. CollaredDoveseemstohavecolonised Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK) QuantrillB.&QuantrillR.1998.The AlgeriafromMorocco. inFFeobrm1e9r97inneMaarrQ1u9i9n7hanmeealr.Bissau,latter birdsoftheParcoursVita,Yaounde, CastellP.1998.Thefirstbreedingrecord Cameroon.Malimbus20: 1-14.(Tor ofSwiftTernSternabergiiinEgypt. ClaffeyP.1998 ThestatusofBlack House,36Newtown, Bradford-on-Avon, Sandgrouse20 49-51.(Fairlawn,679 CuckooCuculusclamosus^ndRed-chested Wilts BA15 INF, UK) ChesterRd., Gr:eatSutton, SouthWirral CuckooC.solitariusmBenin.Malimbus 163speciesrecordedatsiteinnorthern L66 2LN, UK) 20: 56-57.(BP302,Parakou,Benin) suburbsofYaoundeandbreedingevidence c25pairsonsouthendofGeziratUmm 1offormerinJune1997andlatterseen for37. elHeimatincolonyofc750pairsofLesser frequentlyApr-Sept. SalewskiV.&BairleinF.1997.[Comoe CrestedTernS.bengalensis. ClaffeyP.1998.BlackcapSylviaatricapilla, NationalPark,IvoryCoast:researchand DufournyH.1997.Observationd’une newtoBenin.Malimbus20:57-58.(BP birdwatchinginthelargestsanctuaryin mouetteatricille(Larusatricilla)a 302,Parakou,Benin) WestAfrica.] (InGerman)Falke44: 356— l’embouchuredel’OuedSoussle16Mai AtBeterouinMar1997. E36u3rA.o(pprNeooajneacdmtdirgoernsaswnitgnsitvweeirnti)hngnoetceosloogny1o0fnew R1a99iL6m.abuaPgio,hripBnh-gy7r3Gi8uo7ll9H:ois6n5nf-ief6lt8lh.ers(e,2c0oBrerdulegfiodurum) CG57uo-il5nl8ea.ar-N(B.ciJ/s.osa1Bu9i.9r8dB.LuilWflae.tIBtnrlt.e,dOWrCnerilatlnhbeosrl.oionCkl. 118: speciesfortheparkandtravelling. Morocco. Court, Cambridge CB3 0NA, UK) SauvageA.&RodwellS.P.1998.Notable MaumaryL.,VallottonL.,DutoitV.& CommentsonHazevoet(Bull.Br. observationsofbirdsinSenegal(excluding Fleury2.1998.Chocardabeejaune Ornithol.Cl. 117:56-59)concerning ParcNationaldesOiseauxduDjoudj), PyrrhocoraxgracillusetTraquetisabelle specimenofBugeranuscarunculatus. 1984-1994.Malimbus20: 75-122. (23rue OenantheisabellinaenTunisie.Alauda66: DemeyR.1998.Awetseasonrecordof J.Moulin,08090Aiglemont,France) 247-250. (Praz-Sechaud 40, CH-1010 Cut-throatFinchAmadinafasciatafrom 4se3e8Nnosptoeencsileeossn,std3ihnsatnerwi1b0uttopircoeonvuianontudrsyaoabcnucadnsd5iao0nnmsc.oeroef ILsaaubRseealcnlonirende,sWShwoifetaAztleeprialnraenidnC)hFoebug1h99a8n.d THNeoeitgmhose.trrlM.aanl5d2is,m)b2u58s220S:B1D25e-n12H6a.ag(,VaTnhdeer TurnerD.A.1998.EastAfricanRareBirds MeiningerP.L.&VerkerkA.J.1998. MaleinParcNat.delaReraninnorth Committee. Scopus20:84.(POBox48019, WhiskeredTernChlidoniashybridus injul 1979. Nairobi,Kenya) breedingintheNileDelta,Egypt. HopkinsM.1998.Buff-throatedSunbird forLKisetnsyaac,cTeapntzeadnainadannodtUagccaenpdtaedforrecords VSlainsdsginrgoeuns,eT2h0e:N52e.th(eLrilszatnldasa)n5,4384KM WNeocotdapreincikaeardDelebnedimlpiiacnodspFiyrrer-hboelglaisetderin 1992-1996. c20nestsonfloatingvegetationinLake Cameroon.Malimbus20: 124-125. VogeleyW.1998.BirdsoftheLionPark, Maryut. (TCNN, POBox64, Bukuru, Plateau Gaborone.Babbler33:30-31.(Galgenburg ProvenqalP.&SorensenU.G.1998. State.Nigeria) 63,34346Hann.Muenden,Germany) MedievalrecordofSiberianWhiteCrane FormercommonnearEkokJan1996. 1,000haareaoffarmlandc25kmsouth GrusleucogeranusinEgypt.Ibis140:333— latterseenthere. ofGaboronerecorded174species.Fulllist 335. (Naturhist. Mus.Aarhus, RobelD.1998.AnobservationofAyres' availablefromBotswanaBirdClub. UniversitetsparkenBygn. 210, DK-8000 Hawk-EagleHieraaetusdubiusinThe AarhusC,Denmark) LiteratureReview BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement-3 a a Gambia. Bull.ABC5: 128-129. (Boliner andHemprich’sHornbill Tockus Nectariniabutunlikeanyknownspecies, Platz 1,03046Cottbus, Germany) hemprichii. aredescribedandillustratedfromthecoast SalAeuwgsk1i9V9.41s9o9u8t.hYoefllYouwn-bdruemastaierdpoArpta.lis AHunnetwerloNc.a,tCioanrtfeorrtCh.e&UsMalmubnagruaEE.ag1l9e98. snopretchimoefnGsuolffeoifthTeardyjeotu.ra,butno Apalisflavida:anewbirdforMali.Bull. OwlBubovosseleri.Scopus20:52-53.(8 Records—SouthernAfrica ABC5: 59. (Inst, fur!Vogelforschung, EnnismoreAve., Chiswick,LondonW4 ’VogelwarteHelgoland’,Ander 1SF, UK) AllanD.1995.EurasianSparrowhawks Vogelwarte27,26386Wilhelmshaven, InUluguruForest.InBirdsofAfricais andaberrantRed-breastedSparrowhawks Germany) asubspeciesofB.poensis. revisited.J.Afr.Rap.Biol. 10: 65- BouIgnoJuanni.1995caughtinmist-netnear Mwebi0.1998.Rangeextensionofthe A(fDruircba)anMus.,PB4085,Durban,South Bar-breastedFirefinchLagonosticta LocalAccipiterrufiventriscanlookvery SalewskiV.1998.Arecordofanimma- rufopicta.Scopus20:53-55.(Dept. likeEuropeanA.nisus.Neverthelessthe touvraemOpvenasmibsofrSopmarIrvoorwyhaCowakstA.ccBiuplilt.erABC5: O40s6t5e8o,loNgayi,roNbait,.KMeunsy.aK)enya,POBox cSowneslildeenrdeadmtospbeecsiom.enoflatterstill 120-121. (Inst,furVogelforschung, AtRaganga, KisiiDistrict,western ’VogelwarteHelgoland’,Ander KenyainApr1997. BeelC.1997.Yetanothernewbirdfor Vogelwarte27,26386Wilhelmshaven, Zambia...? ZambianOrn.Soc.Newsletter Germany) PottertonT.1998.SightingofWhite- 27: 7. (POBox9068, Itimpi, Zambia) Sept1997insouth-westofComoeNat. collaredKingfisherHalcyoncblorisin AGreaterSpottedEagleAquilaclanga Park. s(oPuetnhr-occehnteraDlvlSopmmatliSae.rvSiccoepsuLstd2,0:P5O6-B57o.x wgraosusnadteslliintePotrlaacnkdedtoftrhoemLburaeendgiwnagValley MSaarlteiwnsRkiipVa.ri1a9p9a8l.uBdircoowlna-,thnreowatfeordISvaonrdy 429N9o4r,thNeaiarsotbio,fMKoengyaad)ishuduring“a whereitwasnotactuallyseen! Coast.Malimbus20: 127-128. (Inst,fur recentvisit”. BothaA.J.1997.Recordsofnew(*)& Vogelforschung,’VogelwarteHelgoland’, interestingbirdsightings:QwaQwa AWinlhdeelrmVsohgaevlewna,rGteer2m7a,n2y6)386 PFiecaerdsuolanhD.yJp.o1l9e9u8c.aAPiKeadkFalmyceagtachFeorrest— NBaotxio2n7a1l,PCalrakr.enMsir9a70f7r,aS1o4u0t:hA1f2r-i1c6a.) (PO Seenfrequentlyinnorthernwinter readmissiontotheEastAfricanlist. Scopus Noteson28newand11otherspecies. monthsinComoeNat. Park. S20o:ut4h6w-o48l.d,(4SuLfufpoilnkCIlPo1s8e,6RNeWy,doUnK,) BoycottR.C.&MonadjemA.1998.First SalewskiV.&KorbJ.1998.Newbird AspecimeninNat. Hist.Mus.,Tring, recordofOrangeGroundThrushin recordsfromComoeNationalPark,Ivory UKcollectedinDec1965isthisspecies. Swaziland.Africa—Birds&Birding3(1): VCooagsetl.foMraslcihumnbgu,s’2V0o:ge5l4w-5a5r.te(HInesltg,ofluarnd’, PearsonD.J.,JacksonC.H.&Backhurst 16.Z(oNoothadedrraegsusmgeiyvieinn)Oct1997. AWofinlMDhdaeeerslrcamrbVsioohpguateviSloetwnnoa,rorkfGtLeetehrp2etm7oa,fpintr2syi6tl)3obs8r6cereudmienngirfeecroursd pGfC6ool.NlroCWys.Ege,al,1so9ttRU9teKA8ayf).raditMocenNagl.,uolSSdicoiaouo,ptuuKhssweWon2aly0rd:ab,—l4e3S-furif4rHf5sito.plrkp(eo4cIloPLar1uid8psin Bs3pr(e3aMc)ont:tac1ach5cu.ilBla(.lrN1aof9ic9rais8tdt..rderACoeiflstarsriaictgnaeiG—vaWeamBngti)toradoissl—&RiBvierrding inIvoryCoastandthefirstrecordsof2 InNov1995andreviewsearlierclaims. Mouth, 50kmwestofPortElizabethfrom speciesforNat.Park. earlyMay1998. SchoUaertV.1998.CitrineWagtail Records—Eastand North- MotacillacitreolainEthiopiaanditsstatus BrownC.J.1997.Earlyrecordofa eastAfrica inAfrica. Bull.ABC5: 129-130. (1 YellowbilledKiteinWindhoekleadstoa HameaudesPapins,B-7911Frasnes-lez- hypothesisontheirpopulationand ArcherA.L.&liesD.B.1998.Newbird Buissenal,Belgium) migrationpatterns.Lanioturdus30(4):6- recordsforUnguja(ZanzibarIsland).Bull. Feb 1997atLakeZiwayisfourth 8.(POBox6612,Ausspannplatz, Br. Ornithol. Cl. 118: 166-172. (POBox record. Only5othersinAfrica(Djibouti, Windhoek,Namibia) 1563746,spNeaciireosbia,ddKeendytao)Pakenham’s(1979) M1o99r8ocucnodearndRe3cionrdEsgypSto)u.th(eBruntsAfereicBar—anEcdh) DaMmilovnus3m0iAgurgans19p9a7r.asitusbehindAvis BOUChecklist, 14ofwhicharePalearctic migrants. TaylorB.1997.WhitewingedFlufftailsin BrownC.J.1997.“Stanley’sBustard”in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Wildl. andNHS EtoshaNationalPark, thefirstrecordof DewhurstC.F.1998.SightingofWaldrapp newsletter]uly-Sept1997:5-6.(Dept.Zool. Jackson’sBustardinEtosha.Lanioturdus GeronticuseremitainEritreaneartheRed & Entom., Univ. Natal, PBX01, 30(4): 19-20. (Dir. ofEnv. Affairs, PB Seacoast.Scopus20:57.(Nat.Res.Inst., Scottsville,Pietermaritzburg3209,South 13306,Windhoek,Namibia) CentralAve., ChathamMaritime, Kent Africa) NeotisdenhamiinNov1997isfirstfor ME4 4TB, UK) SomenotesonSarothruraayresistthe north-centralNamibiafor70years. 5atHarghigoinFeb1997. SulultasitewithbreedingproveninAug BrownC.J.1997.OspreysatFriedenau HarveyW.G.1998.Interestingbird 1996. Dam.Lanioturdus30(4):29.(POBox observationsfromEthiopia. Scopus20: WelchG.&WelchH.1998 Mysterybirds 6612,Ausspannplatz,Windhoek,Namibia) T4F8au-lnI5cbm1orp.nieFdr(agiPlaeoclouWEn(eapdlgellrsFee,agrArKmqie,unniuBtsll)aaTphecNlek3elhgiara9icmTna,Yo,i,BdeaUsrK,b)ary f(SrMaoixAmnmsfuDimnjneicdrhbhe,oauRltmiei,ks.eeSrGBuvurfelefl,eo.WnleAk-swBItilPCne1gt75eo:n3d4,BP6Yy-,t5i0lU.iKa) WBarrPobawlnendrDin.oens1t9h.9a8Bl.eieCaieEntanutsaemmroNAn9ob:vr4e.1a9(s9N7t.oedaddress HBlaarcwko-owdi’nsgFerdanLcoovleibniFrrdaAngcaoploirnnuissbatrawroaondtia, Pryatcielioafmtheilsbaanadndaspurnobbiarbdl,yparnoubnadbelsycaribed gPiavrEeknu)rinypAtuigla1s9u97b.cinnamomeavnKarooNat. 4-BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement LiteratureReview BrownD.1998. EuropeanCuckooat atendofMarallcompletedandheavier. KaestnerP.G.1998.Identifyingimmature SomersetEast. BeeEater49: 15. (No Wherehadtheycomefrom? ploversonthecoast:doKentishPlovers addCreuscsulgiuvsecna)norusinDec1997. HartleyR.R.,MundyP.J.&GoodwinW. o23c.cu(rPBin1N2a0m29i,biAau?ssLpaanninoptluartdzu,sW3i1n(d1h):oe2k2,- 1998.Eastwardrangeextensionsof Namibia) BrownD.1998.SightingsfromGeorge SpottedSandgrouse.HoneyguideAA:28. ApossibleCharadriusalexandrinusat andWildernessRegions.BeeEater49:21. (FalconCollege,Esigodini,Zimbabwe) WalvisBayinNov1997. (Noaddressgiven) Pteroclesburchelliseenafewtimes Recordsofseveralnotablespecies. aroundEsigodiniApr-Aug 1997. LeonardP.,KaholoH.&Wishko—tiB. ChiwesheN.C.1998.Blue-throated HawthorpeM.&HawthorpeB.1998. t1o99Z7a.mbFiraa.nklZina’msbGiuallniOnrLno.cShoicn.vNaerwslnetetwer SunbirdatManjinjiPaninthesouth-east EurasianOystercatchersintheEastern 27: 3-5. (KafueFisheries,POBox31522, lowveld. HoneyguideAA:31-32.(Orn.Res. Cape.Promerops234:10-11.(Noaddress Lusaka,Zambia) Unit,Dept. Nat. Parks,POBox2283, given) LamspipixcaninJan1997. Bulawayo,Zimbabwe) HaematopusostralegusatBlueHorizon Anthreptesreichenowi. BayinFeb1998. LiversidgeR.,HawthorneM.& CuunrutsiusalA.nBu.m1b9e9r7s.oSfhaLfotn-gt-atialieldeWdiPdaroawdiasned HBlaawctkhEogrrepteatMV.e&rloHraewnvtlheio.rpPreoBm.e1r9o9p8s.234: mH1i3a.gwr(atNthioooanrd.ndAerfeBrs.iscg1ai9—v9e8Bn.i)rMdosu&ntBaiirndiPinpgit3o(n2): WidowsatOldMutare.HoneyguideA3: 11.(Noaddressgiven) AntbushoeschiKcordinFeb1998near 223.(POBox24,Mutare,Zimbabwe) EgrettaardesiacainMar1998.(Record Kimberley. Maleand2female V.regiaseenand40 subjecttoverificationbyRaritiesCommit- maleandmanyfemaleViduaparadiseain tee.) LombardA.,GibbonsA.&WatkinsM. Apr 1997. HerremansM.&Herremans-Tonnoeyr 1998.ObservationsonRockKestrelsat DickinsonV.,FranklinB.,HarrisM.& D.1998.AGreaterKestrel(Falco F(aNloseadBdaryesHsosgpiivteanl).PromeropsFid-10-11. HartleyM.1997.RedshankandPurple rupicoloides)intheSouthwesternCape. SomenotesonabreedingpairofFalco aGadldlriensuslgeiavtenK)ariba. OnSafari16: 17.(No ProAmefirrospt-sye2a3r4:bi9r.d(cNaouagdhdtraesnsdgriivnegne)dJuly ctaitncnhuinncguSltuasrliinnagrSetvuorlnvuisngvupligpareias.ndof TringatotanusandPorphyrioporphyrio. 1997. ErtelR.&RoseB. 1997.[FirstAfrican HinesC.1995 FirstrecordofRiver LGorevaetttSnRi.p&eGLaolvleitntaVg.om1e99d8i.aRateScuhrarsehneceof rbeulcloerrdi.o]f(BGuelrlemra’nsAwlibtahtrEonsgsliDsihosmuemdmeaary) W(aPrOblBeorxf2or25N2a7m,ibWiian.dhLoaenkio,tNuarmdiubsi2a8):43. DBoatms.waBnaab)bler33:26.(POBox77,Shashe, Limicola11:306-309.(Wacholderweg9, LocustellafluviatilisinDec1994caught SeeninSept1996and1997atsame D-71686Remseck, Germany) inMahangoGameReserve. spot. OffCapepeninsularinAug1995. EsterhhuizenJ.&BeilisN.1996. HcoimnpelseCx.i1n9N9a7m.iGbrieay:-whheiacdhedspSepcairesroowccur MsiagphthiinsgsaDf.rHom.L1e9s9o7t.hoS.omMierianftreare1s4t(i3n/g4): EuropeanHobbiesintheFreeState,South intheCaprivi?Lanioturdus30(4):30-31. 2-3. (c/oProf. D.P. Ambrose, Nat. Univ. Africa.J.Afr.Rap.Biol. 11: 21. (PO Box (POBox22527,Windhoek,Namibia) Lesotho, PO Roma 180, Lesotho) 17523,Bainsvlei9338, SouthAfrica) SomebirdsconsideredtobePasser Noteson9species. 3recordsofFalcosubbuteoin griseusfoundatImpalilaIslanddespite BloemfonteinareaJanandDec1995and Passerdiffususbeingcommon.Records MartinP.1998.GreaterFrigatebirdatPort Jan1996. requireconfirmation. Elizabeth. BeeEater49: 14.(Noaddress given) FNarmiuetdoenGi..1L9a9n5i.oVtougredlusin28u:nd16u-2m2.(PO HFiignaejisTC..,&CSoaymAw.,eCnoayP.E.,19P9a7r.kAerrSa.s,hof recForredgfaotraEmaisntoerrintyCaFpeeb.1998isabout6th Box3910,Swakopmund,Namibia) rarities:birdingatImpalilaIslandand Includesalistforsite. alongtheZambeziRiver.Lanioturdus30 MartinR.,MartinE.&PeplerD.1997. (4):8-16. (POBox22527,Windhoek, BootedEagle:anearlyarrivalatnestsite. GornatahfefwJ.es1t99c7oa.sAt.mePrriocmaenroGposld22e9n:P1l2o.v(erNso NamNiobtieas)on•'variousbirdsseeninNov ProHmieerroapaset2u3s1p:e9n.n(aNtouasdbdarcekssatginvesetn)siteon addressgiven) 1997atImpalila,ateasternendofCaprivi 31July1997,2weeksearly. PluvialisamericanainFeb1995andMar 1997nearVelddrif. Strip. MartinR.&PeplerD.1997.RockPipits GBertiheusleileR/.Sp1r9i9n7g.fo[nOtbesienrvdiasttiriocntss,inStuhmemer WHrheiicntoeersbdeCfl.rlo&iemdMteKhneodrAhenaldaosnnoihinngrNJa.asm1sil9ba9in8ad.:s.afirst KianaddrtroheoespBsoaogvriitva.ena)nPhrooemkerMoopusnt2aMi'ns9,.(No 1996/1997.1 (Afrikaanswith English Lanioturdus31(1):19-20.(Noaddress Anthuscrenatus40kmNEofCeresat summary)Mirafra14(3/4):6-7.(Posbus given) edgeofrange. a1r98rS,ievBvaeeltr/hdaeluploaibresteu9rr9ve9a2dt,aitSoenossuotofhf2bA7frresiepcdeaci)inegs.and norEtuhpeordnoftiosrsmeonregsaoluetnhseirsnbuftorwmhe(tchafefrrta)heis YMeeltleowl-ebrikllaemdpOHx.pe&cSkwearislaetSL.a1k9e9K7a.riba. uncertain. OnSafari16: 17.(Noaddressgiven) GroblerG.P.J.1997.Whitethroatsinthe JamesJ.M.B.1997.SabotaLarkatGache 2BuphagusafricanusseenNiihgroupof southwesternFreeState. Mirafra14(°): 2. Gache,Kariba.HoneyguideA3:219-220. Red-billedB.erythrorhynchusinFeb199". (SoPuOthBoAxfri3c7a5)05,Langenhovenpark9330, (ZCiomrbnawbawlle)Farm,POBox581,Marondera, MundyP.J—.1998.RiippeH'sGriffonin wintSeerv,ersalomSyelviinafculolmmmouunlitsbcuatu8ghitnoovneernet inJMuinreaf1r9a97saibsoltaargienrCahnagreareaxtHeunnsitoinn.gArea BZ23ui-lm2ab4w.aaby(owD,eepZti.amNbtahatib.rwdPetai)rmkes..HPonOeyBgouixde2A28A3-,. LiteratureReview BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement-5 : , GypsrueppelliionVlakfonteinEstatein RobertsE.L.1998.EmeraldCuckooat WhittingtonP.A.,DyerB.M.&Crawford June1997. Hermanus.Promerops233:13.(Noaddress R.J.M.1998.Leach’sStormPetrel:further WM(Dauernpbtld.eyrNaPitn..Jt.hP&earhGkason,od.PdOwHoiBnnoeWyx.g2u21i89d39e,8A.AA3R1.iver g(iRveeCcnho)rrydssoucbojcecctyxtcouvperriefuisc'atmi]omn1b9y98R.are nS2c0ei..w,(sUAnfviirvao.nmCDtaheepmeiosgTlraonawdpns.h,yBRioUrnndidtNe,ubDmoebspectr.hsS7!t7a0t(0.1),: BirdsCommittee.) SouthAfrica) Bulawayo,Zimbabwe) Oceanodromaleucorboaconfirmed LocustellafluviatilisinBulawayoinDec SearleA.W.1997.AfricanandStriped breedingonDyerIslandandfoundon 1993. CrakesbreedinginHwangeNationalPark. Dassenin1997. Honeyguide 219.(UmtshikeMgmt. pOeertetglreiEn.us19ca9l7i.drCias)liidnrMiaslPmeersebgurriyn.e(Falco UnitC,rePxBeg5r7e7g6i,aaDentdeA,eZniigmmbaatbowlei)mnas Records—AtlanticOcean ProAmerreocposrd22o8f:th1i5s—1m6i.gr(aNnotardadcree(sasrgoiavden) marginaliswiihchicksinearlyMar1996. Islands casualty)inDec1996. SearleR.1998.Noteworthyrecordsfrom HilleS.1998.[StatusofthekitesMilvus ParkerV.1995 Furtherobservationson t(hNeoHaudmdraensssdgoirvpen)area.BeeEaterA9:2-3. Mmiillvvuussfma.rcmiiigcraaundsa((HBaordtderate,rt1,91147)8a3n)donthe birdsofpreyinsouthernMozambique./. Noteson37species,2ofthemnational CapeVerdeIslands.](Germanwith AWfirl.dlR.apTr.usBti,olP.B10X:ll64,.P(acr/kovEinewda2n1g2e2r,ed and8localrarities. E(Inngslt,isfhursAulmlmgaermye)inJe.uOrnnd.S1p3e9z:ie7l3l-e7Z5o.ol.. SouthAfrica) TreeT.1997.TheKeiskammaWhite BereichTierokologie,Justus-Liebig-Univ. JackalBuzzardButeorufofuscusmd Pelican.BeeEater48:45-46. (Noaddress Stephanstr. 24, D-35390Giessen, Ger- WesternBandedSnakeEagleCircaetus given) many) cinerascensnewforMozambique. PelecanusonocrotalusstillthereMar RedKitepopulation5-6individuals PeplerD.&MartinR.1997.Further 1997. andBlackKite3-5in1996and 1997. sightingsofHoneyBuzzardsin TrippM.1998.BlackwingedStilt(295) Dhrabaisttaitccrheadnugcetsi,onhiunmnaunmpbreersssumraesyabned Stellenbosch.Promerops229: 11-12.(No breedinginnumbersatStrandfontein persecutionorpoisonedmeat. addressgiven) sewageworks.Promerops232:9-10.(No 2morerecordsofPernisapivorus. addressgiven) MullerH.E.&LippertK.1998 [Ameri- PnoetpelseronD.Pe&reMgarritneinFaRl.c1o9n9s8o.fAdditional Sep2t8-Onecstts1o9f97H.imantopushimantopusin ocannFSuwearltleovwe-nttauirlae,dnKeitwetEolatnhoeidPaelsafeoarrfciticca.tlus (GermanwithEnglishsummary)Limicola Stellenbosch.Promerops234:12.(No TrippM.1998.MarabouStork(89)inthe addressgiven) wheatlands.Promerops233:13-14.(No 12: 80-84. (Feldgrieben2, D-16831 froNmeawhenleisctospitteesroifnFaawleclolpweroergkreidnupsatfcohu.nd addLreepstsopgtiivleons)crumeniferusnear RheMiansrbe1r9g9,3Gaecrcmepatneyd)asfirstrecord. PritchardD.1998.AsightingofaBearded RsuibvjieecrtsotondveerriefnidcaitnioFnebby19R9a8r.e(BRiercdosrd Records—IndianOcean RobinErythropygiaquadrivirgataandsome Committee.) Islands interestingbehaviourfromBarredOwls Glaucidiumcapense.Babbler33:29-30. TylerS.J.1998.AninfluxofDuskyLarks DesfayesM.1997.AspecimenofHirundo (ShakaweLodge,POBox12,Shakawe, PinarocorysnigricansintheGaboronearea abyssinicafromMadagascar.Bull.Br. Botswana) inearly1998.Babbler33:32-33.(Room Ornithol.Cl.117:315.(RuedePrevent, FormerinMar1998andlatterattacked 106, DAHP, PB 0032, Gaborone, 1926Fully,Switzerland) tapeofsongofThrushNightingale Botswana) CollectedinJan1925andfoundin Luscinialusciniabeingusedtotrytoentice Exceptionalnumberseeninlate GenevaMus.appearstobefirstrecord. this. summerof1997-98,mostlysinglebirds. LeCorreM.&ProbstJ.M.1997.Migrant PritchardD.&HaggettA.1998. TylerS.J.,LewisJ.M.S.&TylerL.1997. andvagrantbirdsofEuropaIsland MelanisticOvamboSparrowhawkAccipiter FirstrecordofBasraReedWarbler (southernMozambiqueChannel).Ostrich ovampensisvXShakaweLodge.Babbler AcrocephalusgriseldisinBotswana.Ostrich 68: 13-18. (Mus. d’Hist. Nat., 97400Saint 30.(ShakaweLodge,POBox12,Shakawe, 68: 44-45. (Room 106, Dept. Anim., Denis,ReunionIsland) Botswana) Health&Prod.,PB0032, Gaborone, 30non-breedingspeciesidentifiedwith InApr 1998. Botswana) 22newrecordsforisland.8notrecorded PryceE.&PritchardD.1998.Birdnews GabOonreoncea.ughtJan199715kmnorthof ionthMeardoacgeaasnciacriwsliatnhd2inoafrteah.emnotonany fromShakawe 1996/97; andOctober1997 toJanuary1998byPritchardD.&Pryce TylerS.J.&TylerL.1998.Acommenton MatyotP.1998.Ornithologicalobserva- D..Babbler33:28—29.(ShakaweLodge, AfricanFinfootsontheMaricoRiver. tionsinSeychellesfromthediaryofHugh POBox12,Shakawe,Botswana) Babbler33: 33.(Room106,Dept.Anim. Scott,July1908-March1909.Birdwatch Highlightsofrarerspeciesseenat Health&Prod.,PB0032, Gaborone, 25:4-7.(Noaddressgiven) ShakaweLodge. Botswana) Verbatimextractsaboutbirds. RiddellI.C.1998.BirdsofInyantueand ThereareseveralpairsofPodica MorrisR.1998.FirstrecordofEuropean NorthHwangeNationalPark.Honeyguide senegalensisnearMalolwane. Bee-eaterMeropsapiasterinMadagascar. 44: 33-34. (POBox4330,Harare, WebsterK.1998.Abdim’sStorksat Bull.ABC5: 58. (c/o SWK Metroplaza Zimbabwe) Queenstown. BeeEater49: 16.(No ToWer1,HingFongRd.,KwaiFong, Recordsof6speciesrecordedas addressgiven) HongKong) doubtfulinHwangelist{Honeyguide32: Ciconiahbdimiimjm1998. AnumberseeninNov1996justnorth 68-87). ofIfaty. 6-BullABC Vol6No 1 Supplement LiteratureReview 1 : Migration—Palearctic lowerSenegalrivervalley.Malimbus20: PhoeniconaiasminorinKyamburaGame 33-53- (23rueJeanMoulin,08090 Reserve,southwestUganda.Scopus20:33- BrettJ.1995.MigrationofLesserKestrels Aiglemont,France) 38. (NeueStr. 25, D-33824Werther, intheSerengetiNationalPark,Tanzania./. 1,460birdsof31 Palearcticspecies Germany) Afr.Rap.Biol. 10: 63. (210AHawk (outofnearly83,000ringed)recapturedin Jul-Sept1994fluctuations. Mountain Rd.. Kempton, PA 19529, USA) atleastonesubsequentwinter, 103in3-5 Nearly150,000Falconaumannion1 winters.For7speciesrecurrencenot General Biology Mar1996and 15,000on 13Mar. previouslyprovedinAfrica. BothaM.C.1998.NestingRedwinged vandenBrinkB.,BijlsmaR.G.&van SpierenburgP.1998.Migrationofswifts StarlingsattackEuropeanStarling. derHaveT.(eds)1998.European overBougouni,southernMali.Malimbus Promeropsldi:10.(Noaddressgiven) songbirdsandBarnSwallowsHirundo 20: 69-74. (BP815,Thimpu,Bhutan) OnychognathusmonokilledStumus rusticainGhana:aquestforConstant EuropeanApusapusandLittleSwifts vulgaris. DE3rfe7efp0coo8errtmtJbSB5ei8t:rZee/s5iJ3saatpn,npd.uTahS(rcewy/aoNle1Dlt9roh9iwe6er/rbl9oea7orn.sgdtsssW)wieIngW1O6c, Arra.eisnapfoffrinondniits.nagttsotafratvoofur1a9b9l5erfaoirnaygisnegasaoftnera BN1o2o-rw1t6dh.eer(nnNCBo.aal1dd9d9Irb8ei.ss.sLaWgsiotvrcelnhd)aBnicredfwoarttchhe20: Swallowroostsseempromisingbut StoateC.1998.AbundanceofOlivaceous GeneralnotesonGeronticuseremitain CESwillbedifficultasmostbirdsatlow WarblersHippolaispallidaandpotential Souss-MassaNat.ParkinMoroccoandthe densityandterritorial.Moresitesneedto invertebratepreyinunmanagedAcacia threatstoitssurvival.c200birdssurvive. beinvestigated. woodland.BirdStudy45:251-253.(Game BranchB.1998.Hatchedinthatch. HerremansM.1998.Strategies,punctual- CSPo6nse1rEFv,anUcyK)Trust,Fordingbridge,Hants Africa—Birds&Birding3 (4): 48-53. (No KitayloahfaarririBvaasliann,dBortansgweasnao.fmIbiigsra1n40t:s5in85t-he wooDdelnsaintdytshiagnnigfircaaznetdlyshaivgahnenraihnoArcacia addGreensesrgailvebni)ologyofSociableWeaver 590.(AvianDemographyUnit,Dept. Stat. farmland.Invertebratesfoundmore Philetariussociusanditscommunalnest. Sci.,Univ.CapeTown,Rondebosch7700, commonlyinJanuarythanNovember DiopM.S.1998.WAOSResearchGrant SouthAfrica) especiallyintrees-withclimbers. report:Deuxespecesdecalao:Tockus amnidd2-nsNotortavtaeefgmfiebecest:redaa)bnaydrrrhiaivignehfabllyelf;doebrp)eeaNnrodrivevneetmaboftenerr ToynltehreSs.eJa.s&onTayllperreLs.e1n9c9e7a.nOdbmsoeurlvtatoifons PdeeittvyiettrhesrioCtorethaeyv,niacSiheruneesdgeeatlsT..aiMnraaeslsuiptmruobstudesagne2s0e:sla6d6e-l6a7. rainamountandtiming.Secondresultsin EuropeanReedWarblersAcrocephalus (Dept. Biol. Anim. UCAD, Lab. d’Ecol. earsrsaetiscsmoecnctupoafti’eofnfeacntidvec’osmipzleicoaftneosn- sOcsitrrpicahce6u7s:2X1a17s-it1e18in.s(ocu/toheRasotoBmot1s0w6a,na. ASenniemg.alO)RSTOM, BP 1386, Dakar, breedingrange. Dept.Anim. Health,PB0032,Gaborone, Red-billedandGreyHornbillsstudied. Botswana) MMaecyibourrogwsB.kiU.G,.M&eKyobwuarlgskCi.,J.M1i9z9e8r.aT., indSivuimdmuaarlsisreisngreedceanttPrheackoarldasneesp1e9c9i6a—lly53 3Osptarpiecrhs67s)oafnard(m.Moarleiminbuprse1p5araantidon1.9, GreaterSpotted—Eaglewinteringin 1997. HampeA.1998.FieldstudiesontheBlack Z62a-mA6b8ni.aa.(duNAloftraAidqcduarielsaBsicrgldiasvneg&na)Btirradciknegdb3y(1): YPaolseearfctRi.c&EgAylpotniaDn.Vu1l9t9u7r.esDoNeiompmhartounre VPgaaosrgcreaolrtf.oCroBsruclalhc.uonpAgsB,isCVnoi5g:gerl1aw0ia8nr—wt1ee1s3H-teel(rgInnosMltaa.ndda,- tsaotetlhleitSeofurtohmLburaeendgiwnagNgarto.unPadrsk,inZPaomlbainad pneorrctnhoeprtnesruusmmreemra?inDiienAVforgiecalwdeulrtin11g8t:he AWinlhdeelrmVsohgaevlewna,rGteer2m1a,n2y6)386 JaM.le-tCyh.bo1uu9gr9hg8i.tBw.MaiUgs.r,antoMiteosynebseutnrraigtneCgti.hees&loaBtftaearrn.bardaulutd E2iin8ld5aIit-n,v2i8SPd9iuOn.aali(BsIaonitnxn.daB7Iu4is4trr,duawemElainltjacuatvh,neidnInsig1rla5eCe.sle4)nw%teeirrnesi2pnr3i.n5g%, aocnoDuaasctttiiavciftcryoopmmamtu3tnewriencsea,ktfsioojonudsatanpndodsstfoocbriraaegleindgi,ng Short-toedEagleCircaetusgallicustracked suggestingthatfewstaycontraMundyet behaviour. bysatellite.Alauda66:39-48. al. (1992 TheVulturesofAfrica).Discrep- HawkinsF.,RabenandrasanaM., (Wangenheimstr.32,D-14193Berlin, ancycausedbyandcomplicatedbythere VirginieM.C.,ManeseR.O.,MulderR., Germany) being3differentflywaysthroughIsrael. EllisE.R.&RobertR.1998 Field AnindividualbreedingnorthofSaintes observationsoftheRed-shoulderedVanga wenttosouthwestNigerover20daysand Migration—Afrotropical Calicalicusrufocaipalis:anewlydescribed 4to,iv6me8ir5npgkeomrfi.om5do0av6selwmoeeclnalltiasssatrthioourntoseuggthaavkdeean.ydaatnadon ACGlrrulainadenaADen.)tGhi.rno1Sp9oo9ui7td.heMsAofpravirecamadeianssteasass(oeAfsvtsehesedBblyue AM(PnartloaajngeatansaZyrIieCvnOodMe1Am0,i1c,.BMiaBrdudlLalig.faesAcBIantCr.).5;B3P0-13027.4, SalewskiV.,BairleinF.&LeislerB. bird-atlasdataandroadcounts.Durban 9singingmaleslocated.Notesoncalls, 1998.WinteringstrategiesofPalaearctic Mus.Nov. 22: 43-52. (DurbanMus., PB behaviour,distributionandconservation migrantsinWestAfrica.Zoology101 4085, Durban4000, SouthAfrica) ofthespeciesformallydescribedin199“ (Suppl.l):13.(Inst,furVogelforschung, Atlasdataunreliableduetoconfound- (.Bull.Br. Ornithol.Cl. 117: 5-10). ,VogelwarteHelgoland,AnderVogelwarte ingofseasonalchangesandgroupsizes. HoffmannL.1995.Paradiesfliegen- 27,26396Wilhelmshaven,Germany) Roadcountsshowthereappearstohave schnapper.(German)Lanioturdus28: ShortdescriptionofstrategiesinComoe beenachangeintheCapebetweenmoving 12-14. (Postfach239.Otjiwarongo. Nat. Park,IvoryCoastandcomparisonof outin1965-1966andintoKarooand Namibia) WillowWarblerPhylloscopustrochilusmd fynbosin 1988-1993. NotesonParadiseFlycatcher PiedFlycatcherFicedulahypoleuca. Kruger0.1998.Fluctuationsand Teipsiphone1n:ridis. SauvageA.,RumseyS.&RodwellS. movementsinagroupofLesserFlamingos 1998.RecurrenceofPalearcticbirdsinthe LiteratureReview BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement-7 a HoffmannL.1995.Streifenschwallen. RabarisoaR.,WatsonR.T.,Thorstrom WesternCape,SouthAfrica. Ostrich67: (German)Lanioturdus28:23.(Postfach R.&BerkelmanJ.1997.Statusofthe 86-89-(AvianDemographyUnit,Dept. 239,Otjiwarongo,Namibia) MadagascarFishEagleHaliaeetus Stat.Sci.,Univ.CapeTown,Rondebosch NotesonStripedSwallowHirundo vociferoidesm1995.Ostrich68:8-12. 7700, SouthAfrica) cucullata. (PeregrineFund’sMadagascarProject,BP Take7.2monthstocompleteprimary LeonB.&NicolsonS.W.1997.Metabolic 411939,Apanitrasnafnoaurnidvo19(91101-)1,99M5adiangaasncaarre)aof mforuolmt,CampeeaPnemniansssul3a4r4gmoaunndtamionvsetmoewnhtesat- rateandbodytemperatureofanAfrican WandNWMadagascar,abouttwice growingareastoNEaresuggested. sunbird,Nectariniachalybea.dailyrhythm previousestimateforthearea.Recom- Aafnrd.Jt.heZoeoflf.ec3t2:of3a1m-b3i6.en(tDtepetm.perZoaotlu.r,e. S. mendscontinuedmonitoring. WEaagtlse—onpRe.op1l9e9,8e.agTlheespalnidghwtetolfatnhdes’F—ish Univ.CapeTown,Rondebosch7701, RamosJ.A.1998.Biometrics,weights, conservationinMadagascar.Africa Birds SouthAfrica) breedingandmoultingseasonsof &Birding3(4):34-41.(Noaddressgiven) LesserDouble-collaredSunbirdreduced passerinesinanAzorescloudforest. Somegeneralnotesandincluding itsBasalMetabolicRateby50%atnight Ringing&Migration19: 17-22. (Edward rescuingandreleasingchickstohelp andwas88%ofvaluepredictedbysize. GreyInst., Dept. Zool., SouthParksRd, conservationofHaliaeetusvociferoides. Oxford OXl 3PS, UK) MlingwaC.O.F.1998.Breedingandmoult For4speciesonSanMiguelIsland.All Ecology cCyhclloersocoifctbhleafYlealvliovwe-nbterilsliinedcoGarsteaelnTbaunlzania. bChraefdfJiuncnh-FAruigngailnldasctoaerlteebdssmohuolwtedinsAeuxuga.l AllanD.&Yo—ungD.1998.CARinthe eSsc-oSpaulsaa2m0,: 2P9O-3B2.ox(D3e5p0t6.4,ZoDoalr.-,eUsn-iSva.laDaamr,- dimorphisminbillmeasurements. WBeisrtdeNrunmCbaepreslt(2h)e:f1ru9i-t2s1b.e(gAivnitaonrDieppetn.. Tanzania) RyanP.G.&Sinclair1.1998.Somali Stat. SciUnit, Dept. Stat.Sci.,Univ. Cape Bothbreedingandmoultwereseasonal. StarlingOnycbognatbusblythiiinsouth- Town,Rondebosch7700,SouthAfrica) Breedmainlyinshortrainsandavoid central Ethiopia. BullABC5: 56-57. NotesfromCo-ordinatedAvifaunal heaviestlongrains. (PercyFitzpatrickInst, ofAfr. Orn., Univ. Roadcountson4specieshavingseasonal CapeTown,Rondebosch7700,South pattern. MonadjemA.1997.Measurements,moult aTnudrnriexssiydlevnactyiocfaKmuSrwraizcihlaanned,Buctatpotnuqrueadiiln AfriScoam)enotesondistribution,voiceand AtilolnssoopnR.Wa&ttPleerdlsCtreainnePs.i1n9t9h8e.OOkbasveravnag-o food. small mammal traps. SAFRING News 26: DeltaApril 1998withparticularreference 63-65.(Univ. ofSwaziland,PB4, SaffordR.1998.Photospot:bluepigeons. totheinfluenceoffloodwaters.Babbler Kwaluseni,Swaziland) Bull.ABC5: 133-135. (Royal Holloway 33: 22-25. (Tsetse Control Div., DAHP, Residentinspring1995butnotin1996 Inst, forEnv. Res.,Huntersdale,Callow POBox14,Maun,Botswana) suggestingitisnomadic.Seemstohave Hill, VirginiaWater, SurreyGU25 4LN, Bugeranuscamnculatusnotedcasually bredin1995wherehomerangesclha. UK) whilesurveyingfromtheair.Flocksupto Techniqueusedisinteresting. Briefnotesaccompanyingphotographs 600birdsfoundespeciallyatheadofmain NjorogeP.&LaunayF.1998.Satellite ofthe3IndianOceanspeciesof flood. trackingofKoriBustardsArdeotiskoriin Alectroenas. BarnesE.,DaviesB.&HarrisonJ.A. Kenya. Scopus20: 19-22. (Dept.Orn.,Nat. TamungangA.S.1998.WAOSResearch 1998.Ecologicalproblemsat Mus. Kenya, POBox40658, Nairobi, Grantreport:habitatutilisationbythe Wildevoelvlei,Kommetjie.BirdNumbers7 Kenya) AfricanGreyParrotPsittacuserithacusin (2): 12-14.(Noaddressgiven) 2individuals,oneofwhichlasted6 KorupNationalParkandenvirons, DatafromCo-ordinatedWaterbird months,trackedonAthi-Kapitiplains. Cameroon.Malimbus20:65-66.(Dept. Countsusedtomonitoreffectsof Stayedwithin10kmofcaptureexceptfor Wildl.&FisheriesMgmt,Univ. Ibadan, apparentherbicideuseandsubsequent 2largeone-offmovements. OyoState,Nigeria) managedrecovery. Og3a0ar-td3le1e.ny.(TAN.fBo.rai1dc9da9r—8eBs.isTrghdisev&etnhB)riursdhiinngy3ou(r4): acfofnAesbcestrtevrdaabtciytosnoofmcuPihso.t-Dei.cnoctnlhoeusdmieisc.loaPccaatrlirvpoiottipseuslaan-d JB1o9eh9nn8sn.ounLne,tLtC.e,orPmtoometmhneetreodaiyrttoiDrc..le&K1rT3u8ug:errn54ea6rn-d5D6.7. SomegeneralnotesonOliveThrush tion. Ibis 140: 700. (EANHS, PO Box 44486, lTiubrodnyuasnuosl.ivaceusandKurrichaneThrushT. TSharribkoe—tosncaWr.le1t9s9k8u.lkTehre.CArfirmiscoan—-bBrieradsste&d NaiCroabsit,sdKoeunbyta)onconclusionsofthis OsborneT.&OsborneL.1998.H—ome BirAdignegn!er(a2l):a3c0c-o3u5n.t(oNfothaeddbrieoslsoggyivoefn) asrpteiccileesinanIdbitshveolp,r1o3p8ordtuieontoomfibsiirddesntified oO&knBaituhrkeduiernajgnog,3e.v(i3K)a:oOr1ui8t.Bjuo(s,PtNaOradBm.iobxAifar2)2i,ca Birds Lotahneiragroinusolaetkrso.coccineusincludingnote—son uBniidddenatuifLi.e&dtFoasspoelcaieMs.le1ve9l9.8.Variability Briefnotesonanongoingstudyof TaylorB.1998.TheMabiraBanshee ofwinteringwadersataroostincoastal ArdeotiskoribasedinEtoshaNat. Park. mysterynomore.Africa—Birds&Birding Kenya. Scopus20: 23-28.(c/oDept.Orn., 3(3):56-61.(Noaddressgiven) Nat. Mus. Kenya, POBox40658, Nairobi, PetrieS.1998.Moltpatternsofnon- Generalarticleonbiology(especially Kenya) bSroeuetdhinAfgriWchai.teA-ufkac1e1d5:Whi7s7t4l-i7n8g0.Du(cLkosngin bSraereodtibnrgu)raoeflBeugfafn-ssfproottmeadutFhloufrf’tsaisltudyover rooNstumsibteerosveorf1144cspoeucnitessfarsosmeslsaetedDateocne Pco/ionBtiWradtSetrufdoiwelsaCanndaWdeat,lPanOdsBoRxes.16F0u,nd, 2yearsinKwaZulu-Natal. 1994tomid-Feb 1995. PortRowan, OntarioNOE 1M0, Canada) UnderhillL.G.&UnderhillG.D.1997. BothaM.1998.RoostingEuropean DetailednotesonmoultofDendrocygna Primarymoult,massandmovementsof Swallowsinhugeflock.Promeropsl!!:13. viduataoverwinterperiodinKwaZulu- theRockPigeonColumbaguineainthe (Noaddressgiven)] Natal. 8-BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement LiteratureReview a HinindoriisticainFebatOnrusRiver Abundance,occupancyanddiversity vanderHaveT.M.,BacettiN.,Keijl lagooncontainingseveraltensofthou- measured.Occupancyhighestinleast G.O.&ZenatelloM. (Eds)1997. sands. disturbed (hill-grass)butabundanceand WaterbirdsinKneiss,Tunisia,February BrownC RobsonN.&YatesM.1995. diversity'variedindependentlyofthe 1994. WIWOreport54: 140pp. (c/o .J., naturallydisturbedexotictesserae. Driebergsweg16c,3708JBZeist,The Distribution,statusandfirstbreeding Netherlands) recordofGreyKestrelinsouthernAfrica. DelestradeA.1998.Distributionand Surveyed31wetlandsandcountedand J.Afr. Rap.Biol. 10: 52-57. (Direct, of statusoftheEthiopianpopulationofthe trappedinGulfofGabes. Over130,000 Env. Affairs. PB 13306,Windhoek. ChoughPyrrhocoraxpyrrhocoraxbaileyi. waterbirdscountedinKneissarea,over Namibia) Bull.Br. Ornithol. Cl. 118: 101-105.' 1,000waderscaughtandringed.No NamibianresidentpopulationofFalco (CentredeRecherchessurlesEcosystemes Slender-billedCurlewsNumenius ardosiacusestimatedat39pairs.Nest dAltitude (CREA), 400Route du Tour, tenuirostrisand62colour-ringedGreater foundinSept1993andnotesonbreeding Montroc,74400Chamonix,France) FlamingosPhoenicopterusraterfound. andhuntingbehaviour. Foundin4areas, 1,000-1,300birdsis estimatedtotalpopulation. HerremansM.1998.Monitoringthe CarrP.1998.ExpeditionreportDiego worldpopulationoftheLesserGrey 4S7u:rv9e-y229.7,(4R-M18BACuhgiuvesntor19,97B.arSnsetaaSplwea,llow DunrdaenrzstooareC.y1bi9r9d7s.iTnhtehesuTrrvoipviaclaolfRainfor- gShrroiukneds(Lainnisuosutmhienronr)Afornictah.e/.noOnr-ab.re13e9d:ing DevCoennsuEsX3w1or1kAoZ,nDUiKe)goGarcia,inthe e(sMtakoferZeirikea,UnUigva.ndPaO.BOosxtri7c2h986,7:Ka68m-p7a1l.a, 4Zo8o5l-.4,9L3-ee(uRwoeynasleMsutse.enfowregCe1n3t,.BA-f3r0.,80Dept. 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M(Faodraegsatsrcyaarn.d/.FAorveisatnPBrioodl.uc2t9s:R1e7s-.24In.st., 845 TaylorSt., Chicago, IL60607-7060, SurveyofHaematopusmoquinialong KansaiRes.Centre,Momoyama,Fushimi, USA) shortbitofcoastinCapeareafound20 Kyoto612,Japan) Nearly6,000hareserveishighestin eggsleadingto13fledgedchicks. Sixofsevenspeciesincreasedfeeding syrepanaegrcesi.eosCfoaTnnatdnaziiannnscilsauendveeMdroatulhnretesafitirrsnitcWrteeedcaorvraednrgfeor60 FH.eEa.r,e&C.AJ.y,rGtiolnlVE..JL..,1C9a9r7t.yHPa.b,itCaatrutsyeby fraotreasgianngd/ionrmicxheadn-gsepdectieecshnfilqocukesstwhhaennwhen SeychellesSootyTernsSternafuscatamd alone. Ploceusnicollis. C&rSacwofttorA.d1R9.J9.7M..,SeNaeslonDa.lC.p,atWtielrlnsiaomfsA.J. BiCimoopnlls.i,ecraUvtn.iiov8n.1:sLf6eo9er-d7cs6o,.lLo(enDeyedpmst,a.nWaPugYreoemre&knstAp.LpSBl2i.ol. 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Shiftingcultivationhasmoresevere KopijG.1997.BirdsofBethlehem,Free Analysiscorrectlyclassifiedfor89%of Mefafleacytsitah.anShsiefltecftriovmeliongsegcitnigvoinreUgtoanmdoareor SU1tn4a(it3ve/.4P)Fr:roev5ei-n1Sc2te.a,te(S,DoePupOtth.BAZoforxoilc3a.3.9&,MiErnatforma., MS1e,aa4rb2ri6rsTd.qs,uaoNrfeefwsS.eelnlegDa.l,&wPeosrttAefrriRc.a.1B9u9l8l.. sfpruegciiveosrreeacnodrdneedctianrIitvwoiret.oAdattel.east333bird Bloemfontein9300, SouthAfrica) ABC5: 22-29. (Two Hoots, Old Hall Rockingham-Gill—D.V.1997.TheAfrican 1,000hasurveyedconsistingoftown, FarmBarns, Cley-next-the-Sea,Norfolk WaterfowlCensus 1996.HoneyguideA^: suburbs,golfcourseandnaturereserve. NR25 7SF, UK) 248-251.(4FernleighRd,POBorrowdale, KhaobpiitjatGp.r1e9f9e7re.nDciestorfibtuhteioSnp,otntuemdbDeirkskaonpd espNecoitaelslyoanutthuemsntaptausssoafgevaorfifotuhsespecies HarSaroem,eZbirmibefabnwotee)sfromtheco-ordinator. BurhinuscapensisinBloemfontein.Mirafra westernmostpointofmainlandAfrica. RuizX.,Gonzalez-SolisJ.,OroD.& 14(3/4): 4-5. (Dept. Zool. &Entom., MartinR.1998.SpeckledMousebird: JoverL.1998.Bodysizevariationin Univ. FreeState,POBox339, declineinnumbersinSomersetWest? Audouin’sGullLarusaudouiniv,adensity Blo1e5mfborneteediinng9p3a0i0r,sSnootuetdh,Ahfarlifcao)nschool ProCmoelirtoipssst2r3i2a:tu9.sh(zNsodeacdrdreeasssedgiwvheinl)e (dDeeppetn.dBeinotl.eAfnfeicmt.?,IbUinsiv1.40B:ar4c3e1l-o4n3a8,. playingfields. White-backedMousebirdC.colitisseems Avgda.Diagonal645,08028Barcelona, KrugerS.C.&LawesM.J. 1997.Edge tohavereplacedit. SpaSiing)nificantdecreaseinlinearmeasure- effectsataninducedforest-grassland MastersonA.N.B.1998.Thoughtson ments(especiallyofmales)ofbreeding boundary:forestbirdsintheOngoye SwampNightjars.HoneyguideAA:29-30.(3 adultsatcolonyonChafarinasIslands(45 FZooorle.st32R:es8e2r-v9e1,. K(DweapZtu.luZ-oNoalt.al&.EnS.toAmf.r.,J. KenStoAmvee.n,otAevsonodnaClaep,rHiamrualrgeu,sZniatmablaenbswies.) ksememofsftMoobreocdcuaentocoiansctr)eaosveedrn1u3mybeearrssand USnoiuvt.hNAaftrailc,a)PBX01, Scottsville 3209, MatikuP.,SimiyuA.&BennunL.1998. decreasedfoodsupply. Onplotswithsimilarhabitatstructure Distribution,densitiesandhabitat RyanP.1998.CommutingCormorants. andcomplexitytherewerenostatistical preferencesofthreegamebirdspecieson Promerops234:9-(Noaddressgiven) differencesinspeciesdiversityorguild Imbirikanigroupranch,Kajiado. Nat. Phalacrocoraxafricanusfeedat compositionbetweenedgeandforest Mus.KenyaCentreforBiodiversityreports: WildevoelvleiandroostatStrandfontein interiorbutgreaterspeciesturnoverat ornithologyno.29:1-6.(Dept.Orn.,Nat. (ca8kmaway)alternatingseveraltimesa edge.Latterduetofirewoodremoval, Mus. Kenya, POBox40658, Nairobi, day. dLfiirtsattglumereRbna.tnaMct.eio&annCdlrismooiitwlsectohTme.pMda.icst1tri9i9ob8nu.tbiyHoancbaoitfttlaet. aKleenundYcyeoHasle)clleompwue-stn,eeCdcrkGeesudtienSdpeFuarrfafonowcwlollNiFunramFn.icsdoealpihnauesna SS(Maiinmnd.mwioocfnhsE?nRvLi.arn1.i9o&9t8u.TroWduourrsils3md1,r(e1P)cB:or21d33-t32e06r6.n,sat CdeacpiedFuroaunscoflriunitFrfaarnmcsoliinnuSsoucatphenAfsriiscoa.nAfr. bmueslhe,agwroisozdsesedsgsreadsisnlAacnadcainad-oCpoemnmiphora WinSdahnodewki,chNaHmairbbioau)r,c50kmnorthof J.Ecol. 36: 140-147. (PercyFitzpatrick grassland.Manyfound. WalvisBay,holdslargenumbers(overhalf Inst, ofAfr. Orn.,Univ. CapeTown, amillioninJan)ofwaterbirds. RonDdeensbiotsychmu7c70h0,hiSgohuerthinAffryincbao)sthan NHajboirtoatgeusPe.,bByethnengulnobaL.ll&yeLnednasngL.er1e9d98. SimmonsR.E.,CordesI.&BrabyR. oprlcahcaermdes.ntThoefroerfcohraerdcosnvneecrtyiviimtpyo,rtsaiznetafnord Hsiynmdpea’tsriBcabrebllaetriveT,urtdhoeiNdoersthhienrdneiPaineddits a1n99d8h.abLiattaittupdrienaflerternencdess,opfotphuelaDtaimoanrsaize TernSternabalaenarumonNamibia’s distributioninfruitfarmarea. BabblerT.hypoleucus.BirdConsent desertcoast. Ibis140: 439-445. (Orn. 10-BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement LiteratureReview

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'OS^AO'>- thb -f Hisrof 4 SEUM , •J 0 7 AUSjtiio Supplement PUR ,_TCng to Bulletin of the African Bird Club Vol 6 No 1 March 1999 Literature Review: papers and notes on African birds published December 1997 to November 1998 (and some from earlier) CompiledbyPeterLack British TrustforOrnithology, TheNunnery, ThetfordIP242PU, UK ThisisthefifthannualreviewofliteratureonAfrican anditisnotinthelistsbelowpleasesendthemtothe birds,andcontinuesfromwherethefourth(Supple- Club address or direct to me. Ifsuch items canbe ment to Bull,ABCvol.5 no.l) finished. It contains suppliedintheformofcitationandbriefabstractas details of those papers and notes published and belowsomuchthebetter. broughttomyattentionfromDecember1997until The following major journals and magazines 30 November 1998, and some which I had missed havebeenscannedforthisis—sue: fromearlierdates. AfricanBirdJournals Africa Birds&Birding,Bab- : Themain ornithologicallandmarkforAfrica in bler,BeeEater,BirdNumbers,BulletinoftheAfrican 1998wastheInternationalOrnithologicalCongress Bird Club, EastAfrica Natural History Society Bul- heldinDurban, SouthAfricainAugust.Thisgener- letin,Honeyguide,JournalofAfricanRaptorBiology, ated considerable interest andresulted in a whole Malimbus, Mirafra, Ostrich, Porphyrio, Promerops, volume of Ostrich (the journal of BirdLife South SAFRING News, Sandgrouse, Scopus. • Africa)beingdevotedtotheProceedings.Thepub- lishedversionswereintheformofabstracts.Those InternationalBirdJournals:Alauda,Ardea,Auk,Bird oftheplenarysessionsandtheinvitedsymposiawere Conservation International, Bird Study, Birding inthefirstpart,andthesecondpartcontainedthose World, British Birds, Bulletin of the British Orni- ofofferedpaperspresentedorallyorasposters.Over thologists’Club,Condor,DutchBirding,Ibis,Journal 100 ofthe contributions relate to African birds in of Avian Biology, Journal fiir Ornithologie, some way and therefore warrant inclusion in this Ornithologische Beobachter, Ringing&Migration, supplement. Howeverbecausetheyarenotfullpa- Seabird,DieVogelwarte,DieVogelwelt,WaderStudy pers, indeed some are only progress reports and GroupBulletin,WilsonBulletin. somehaveanywaybeenpublishedinfullelsewhere, Others-,severalgeneralecologicalandbehaviourjour- Ihavedecidedtoincludetheseasaseparatesection nals,egAfricanJournalofEcology,AnimalBehaviour, attheend, althoughtheabstractshavebeensubdi- Conservation Biology,Journal ofAnimal Ecology. videdundersuitableheadingsasinthemainsections. La Terre etVie. Asbefore, theconsiderablemajorityofthearti- clesarenotedfromjournalsandmagazineswhichI This supplement follows the pattern of previous receivepersonallyorwhicharriveintothelibraryat ones. Pleasenote: Ihavenotincluded itemslisted the British Trust for Ornithology inThetford. Oth- undersuchas‘Societyoutings’orspecificmentionof ersarriveasexchangeswiththisBulletin. Ialsowas thecontentsofthe ‘RecentReports’sectionswhich able to visit the Alexander Library in Oxford in appear in several journals and newsletters. I have October,andafewauthorsandcorrespondentssent sometimesbeenselectiveofnoteswhicharelessthan copiesoftheirownorotherarticles.Iknowthereare clOlinesandwhicharereallynomorethanaRecent journals and articles which are missed, especially Report. Several items could very easily have been articlesandnotesinjournalswhichonlyoccasionally placedinmorethanonesection. Ihavetriedtoput have relevant pieces or those with a very local or eachintothesectionrelatingtoitsmaincontents,but restricted circulation. Hence I reiterate the plea to dolookinrelatedones.TheGeneralBiologysection authorsandeditors: ifyouwantyourpieceincluded is something of a catch-all for those mentioning LiteratureReview BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement- 1 — severalsubjects. Addressesgivenarenotnecessarily The sectionatthe endcontainingthe abstracts thosefromwhichtheworkwasdone.Ihavegiventhe from the International Ornithological Congress—is presentaddressofthecorrespondenceauthorasfar divided as follows: Checklists (1); Migration — I cantellthisfromthepaper. Palearctic(4);Migration Afrotropical(2);General Atotalof424referencesisincludedinthefollow- Biology(2); Ecology(24);Conservation(39);Be- ingsectio—ns:Checklistsand—RaritiesReports(27); haviourandVoice(7);FoodandFeeding(2);Nests Records North(8);Records Wes—t(11);Records andBreedingBiology(7);TaxonomyandEvolu- EastandNorth-east(11); Records Southern—(59); tion(16);MorphologyandPhysiology(3);Ringing Records:AtlanticOceanIslands(—2);Records In- (1);andMiscellaneous(4). dianOceanIslands(4);Migration Palearctic(11); — Migration Afrotropical(2>;GeneralBiology(24); Acknowledgements Ecology(53);Conservation(34);Behaviourand I am very grateful to several people, in particular Voice(11);FoodandFeedingBehaviour(34);Nests Norbert Bahr, Roger Safford and Volker Salewski, andBreedingSeasons(63);Identification(6);Tax- forhelpincompilingthissupplement, fordrawing onomy and Evolution (22); Morphology and myattentiontoitemsIhadmissedandforsending Physiology(8);Sites(12);Ringing(10);andMiscel- me items from journals I am not able to see laneous(12). regularly. CRheepcokrltisstsand Rarities CFuorrtdheeirrboirNd.Jr.e&coGrrdsimosfhiantweJre.st19f9r8o.mthe H4S0aA9uF,gRBaIlaaNnrGtdyNrJee.,w1Ms9a9l72a6.:wTih)5e5-N6y2i.ka(bPiOrdBporoxject. BeMtearlragoCiceoarimnPm.ei,.sFsr1ia99on7cn.hdLi’emHsooonmitoseJl.ao,ugTxahrteairvoeesnnaoutM. nKScioilr.i,tmhRaenorjnoarmaon.d3S2wc5eo0spAtuPesrS2nE0:Ss,l6o0Up-ne6is2v.o.f(IMDltleipnto.isBiatol. sthpee1cN7i’yePisakrlaeeacNroactrt.diecPdaarinnkdnco1or3vt2ehrAeifrnrngoettrxhotepeinNcsyaiiloknaof M(Fd1oa’9lHr9coo6omc).o—dlePorogBaraapprtphooiynrocrtenilodlMei9a:,rlo1a1c63C5a2o-i11mn07me3iS.Nasius(n4mitoeARvnreeo.my2de 6CS0hc6ioA0cpd7aud-gsi7ot0,1i76o:80n4,6s55-tUWo1S.1AC2o)T)radyeliorro’Sts,lCishti(c1a9go9,4IL PHmleianntteeasAur.Ce.Aan.1n9Lo9at5na.itoBetidrudlrisdstuoisfn2tc8hl:eud2Ge6da-.3m8.Re(sPetOtle- Pacrco3ev1petnrecedec.,orSFdursamnmocafer4)i4essuobfmietatcehdswpeecrieesreport fD1ro9o9wm8s.ettFheutr-atLvheiefmraaauidnrdaietoiFf.oCn&osntgDooo-awBnsrdeazdtzetalevRti.ilJol.nes. BcoorxFnue2lr2ly5o2fa7nO,ntWojtioanztdoehnddojecuhkep,cakNlRaiemsgtiibofinoar.)areainSE inEnglish. Malimbus20: 15-32.(RuedesLavandes KirwanG.M.1998.Additionstothe BourneW.R.P.&SimmonsK.E.L.1998. 12,F-34190Ganges,France) avifaunaofSocotraandAbdAl-Kuri,with AIslparnedl,iSmionuatrhyAltilstanotficthOecebiarnd.sSoefaAsScweanlslioown Nou7a3bsapleec-iNedsoakdidNeadt.(6P7arfkrsominOdthzealnaoratnh)d, naontdesmiognratnhteoscpeccuirerse.ncBuelol.fsAoBmCe5r:es1i7d—e2n1t. T47i:ll4y2d-r5on6.e(ADveep.t,.AZboeorl.d,eeAnbeArBd9ee2nTUNn,ivU.K,) ospfewchiieschde2l0etaerdefPraloemarlicstt.icmigrants.3 (U5K5)WestEnd St., Norwich NR2 4DP, 200Annanuottiactaledmililsetsofoftthhoeseisrleacndo.rdedwithin EClhrGohnaizqiuAe.o&rnFirthaonlcohgiiqmuoendtuJ.G1O99M7AC 101U)ppdaapteerswaiutthhorre’ssulStasnodfgrroecuesnet(v1i7s:it8s3a-nd therediscoveryoftheForbes-Watson BrewsterC.A.&MajorS.(compilers) pour1996.PartieI:desGrebesauxPics. manuscriptfroma 1964visit.Afull 1998.ReportfromtheRecordsSubcom- Porphyrio9:70-164.(87rue7,DarDaon, specieslistisincluded. CmiltutbeeP.OBaBbobxle7r1,33G:a3b8o-r4o5n.e(,BoBtostwsawnaanaB)ird SidiNoBno-upzaeskrsie,riMneeknpaerst,oMfoMroorcoccoc)anbird KopijG.1997.ThebirdsofBloemSpruit, AacacRenepdctoeBdrs,dpsaencoifde1fsu3lgliCvraeetnve.igsoerdylAistsopfecCiaetsegory MrFe.rpao&nrtcBhfeoirrmgio1e9n9rt6.JP..,1E9l9G7h.azLiistAe.,GTOheMvAeCnot BZ33ol9oo,5le6.mBfbl&oroneeEtemnedftiioonnnm.g.t,eMaiinUnrdnai91fv38r.0an0Fo,1rn4eS-(e°ob)ur:Stethea8td-Ae1i,f2nr.gPicO(a)DBepotx. BrewsterC.A.&TylerS.J.(compilers) reviseeetstatusdesespecesregulierement speciesrecordedinvalleyexcludingthose 1998.SummaryofCategoryBrecords. observablesauMaroc.Porphyrio9:28-44. ondams. Babbler33:46—61.(BotswanaBirdClub, (Fac.desSci.deMeknes,BP4010,Beni- POBox71,Gaborone,Botswana) M’Hamed, 50003Meknes,Morocco) KopijG.1997.BirdsofBethlehem,Free Fullannotatedlist. 334regularspeciesinMoroccolisted. (StDaetpet.PrZoovoiln.ce&. MEnitroamf.r,aU1n4(i3v/.4)F:re5e-1S2t.ate, ClouetM.,GoarJ.-L.&BarrauC.1998 GhaziA.1997.Inventairedel’avifaune POBox339,Bloemfontein9300, South Contributiona1’etudeornithologiquede nidificatricedelacarrieredeSidiBouzekri Africa) PiledeSocotra.Alauda66:235-246.(16 (Meknes).Porphyrio9:45-50.(Fac.desSci. 1,000hasurveyedconsistingoftown, ave.desCharmettes,F-31500Toulouse, deMeknes,BP4010,Beni-M’Hamed, suburbs,golfcourseandnaturereserve. 50003Meknes, Morocco) France) 2expeditions,inNov1993andNov Regularnestingspecies inMorocco MustoeS.H.,CapperD.R.,LowenJ.C., 1997,found54species.74pointcounts listed. LZoemabdiltesyeJ-.VDo.hi&bRaasikao:toamnaelwalNaatDi.on1a9l98P.ark performed. 2-BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement LiteratureReview _ 1HL HISTOF ;;UM,! insouth-westMadagascar. Bull.ABC5: WaiyakiE.1996.Anavifaunalsurveyof GooddescriptionoflhilcrAJilf^ ZliOO 3Car9he—eaS4l,5ot.tmehne(ehTnaohonmetl,eyOsGkllodnonosRwtoGhonesLth5i,a4mupCno3otrBltNdoaf,AnAscpUtepKoen)or,ft’thsis tMMohuuresnsi..CthKhKeeoerlnnaoyygnaayg,aC2ne7Pni:Ot1Hr-iBe1lfo0lo.sxrf(B4oDir0eoe6pds5tit8.sv,,eOrKrNsnaei.int,ryyoarNbe.aipt,o.Nratts.: BeQnendniahnnobguaesrAse.,daTAs.pbl|scA'ieeAsnm^zfrefolr^«,AVulgDAbh1^a5ikL-M1iun3VMlA^j6,1iA9hfr9)*t8..D\, GreenbulPhyllastrephusapperti.Afulllist Kenya) ObservationshivernalesauMarocdu ofspeciesincluded. SurveysmainlyinKapkanyarby PhalaropeabeelargePhalaropusfulicarius. NixonA.1998.Analysisofbirdsrecorded oinbcsleurdveidn.gandmist-netting.Specieslist AKelnaiutrdaa,66D:ept1.13B-i1o1l6.,.B(FPac1.33d,esKeSncii.trdae, atMondplaasPonds 1993-1996.BeeEater Morocco) 49:30-31.(Noaddressgiven) WaiyakiE.M.&BennunL.A.1996.Birds AnalysisofGreyPhalaroperecords 138specieslistedover3yearswith oftheLembusForests,SouthBaringo 1926—1998showssomewinteroff percentageofvisitsonwhichrecorded(of District,Kenya: asurvey.Nat.Mus.Kenya northernMoroccoaswellasinsouth. 25visits). CentreforBiodiversityreports:ornithology PauschE.1998.BirdsofKutseGame P24O: 1B-o1x0.40(6D5ep8t,.NaOirrno.b,i,NatK.enMyuas). Kenya, TsoeuwtihnekrenlMoS.ro1c9c9o8..[ODneslearrtkbsiardnsdin Reserve,Botswana.Babbler33:5-16. Avifaunacharacteristicofhighland wheatears.](German)Falke45: 24-29. (2730ArianeDr.No. 64, SanDiego, forestsofKenyawestofRiftValleyand (Noaddressgiven) Cali2f3o3rnsipaec9i2e1s1r7e-c3o4r46d,edUiSnAt)he2,500km2 likethatinMauForest.Currentlypressure MorBoicrcdo.o.bservationsandtravellingin upto1998.Annotatedlistgiven. islow.Specieslistincluded. PearsonD.J.&TurnerD.A.(compilers) Records—NorthAfrica Records—WestAfrica 1998. ReviewofKenyabirdrecords1992— BenyacoubS.1998.LaTourterelleturque CatryP.&MendesL.1998.Red-throated 41890961.9,SNcaoirpoubsi,20K:e6n5y—a8)3-(c/oPOBox 2St5r1e-p2t5o3p.eli(aUndievc.aodc’tAonennabAalg,erDieep.tA.lEacuodl.a,66: PHiippiptoAlanitshiuctsecreirnav,innueswantodGIucitenreian-eBWisasrabul.er volEsff1e6c—t1i9vealyndreapslascuecshpiasrta3shoofrtScKoepnuysa S2t3a0t0i0o,nABninola.b,aE,l-AMleglelraiha,)BP 12, El-Hadjar MGarlaihmabmuKse2r0r:B1u2i3l-di1n2g4,.U(nAipvp.l.GlOarsn.goUwn,it, birdreportfortheseyears. CollaredDoveseemstohavecolonised Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK) QuantrillB.&QuantrillR.1998.The AlgeriafromMorocco. inFFeobrm1e9r97inneMaarrQ1u9i9n7hanmeealr.Bissau,latter birdsoftheParcoursVita,Yaounde, CastellP.1998.Thefirstbreedingrecord Cameroon.Malimbus20: 1-14.(Tor ofSwiftTernSternabergiiinEgypt. ClaffeyP.1998 ThestatusofBlack House,36Newtown, Bradford-on-Avon, Sandgrouse20 49-51.(Fairlawn,679 CuckooCuculusclamosus^ndRed-chested Wilts BA15 INF, UK) ChesterRd., Gr:eatSutton, SouthWirral CuckooC.solitariusmBenin.Malimbus 163speciesrecordedatsiteinnorthern L66 2LN, UK) 20: 56-57.(BP302,Parakou,Benin) suburbsofYaoundeandbreedingevidence c25pairsonsouthendofGeziratUmm 1offormerinJune1997andlatterseen for37. elHeimatincolonyofc750pairsofLesser frequentlyApr-Sept. SalewskiV.&BairleinF.1997.[Comoe CrestedTernS.bengalensis. ClaffeyP.1998.BlackcapSylviaatricapilla, NationalPark,IvoryCoast:researchand DufournyH.1997.Observationd’une newtoBenin.Malimbus20:57-58.(BP birdwatchinginthelargestsanctuaryin mouetteatricille(Larusatricilla)a 302,Parakou,Benin) WestAfrica.] (InGerman)Falke44: 356— l’embouchuredel’OuedSoussle16Mai AtBeterouinMar1997. E36u3rA.o(pprNeooajneacdmtdirgoernsaswnitgnsitvweeirnti)hngnoetceosloogny1o0fnew R1a99iL6m.abuaPgio,hripBnh-gy7r3Gi8uo7ll9H:ois6n5nf-ief6lt8lh.ers(e,2c0oBrerdulegfiodurum) CG57uo-il5nl8ea.ar-N(B.ciJ/s.osa1Bu9i.9r8dB.LuilWflae.tIBtnrlt.e,dOWrCnerilatlnhbeosrl.oionCkl. 118: speciesfortheparkandtravelling. Morocco. Court, Cambridge CB3 0NA, UK) SauvageA.&RodwellS.P.1998.Notable MaumaryL.,VallottonL.,DutoitV.& CommentsonHazevoet(Bull.Br. observationsofbirdsinSenegal(excluding Fleury2.1998.Chocardabeejaune Ornithol.Cl. 117:56-59)concerning ParcNationaldesOiseauxduDjoudj), PyrrhocoraxgracillusetTraquetisabelle specimenofBugeranuscarunculatus. 1984-1994.Malimbus20: 75-122. (23rue OenantheisabellinaenTunisie.Alauda66: DemeyR.1998.Awetseasonrecordof J.Moulin,08090Aiglemont,France) 247-250. (Praz-Sechaud 40, CH-1010 Cut-throatFinchAmadinafasciatafrom 4se3e8Nnosptoeencsileeossn,std3ihnsatnerwi1b0uttopircoeonvuianontudrsyaoabcnucadnsd5iao0nnmsc.oeroef ILsaaubRseealcnlonirende,sWShwoifetaAztleeprialnraenidnC)hFoebug1h99a8n.d THNeoeitgmhose.trrlM.aanl5d2is,m)b2u58s220S:B1D25e-n12H6a.ag(,VaTnhdeer TurnerD.A.1998.EastAfricanRareBirds MeiningerP.L.&VerkerkA.J.1998. MaleinParcNat.delaReraninnorth Committee. Scopus20:84.(POBox48019, WhiskeredTernChlidoniashybridus injul 1979. Nairobi,Kenya) breedingintheNileDelta,Egypt. HopkinsM.1998.Buff-throatedSunbird forLKisetnsyaac,cTeapntzeadnainadannodtUagccaenpdtaedforrecords VSlainsdsginrgoeuns,eT2h0e:N52e.th(eLrilszatnldasa)n5,4384KM WNeocotdapreincikaeardDelebnedimlpiiacnodspFiyrrer-hboelglaisetderin 1992-1996. c20nestsonfloatingvegetationinLake Cameroon.Malimbus20: 124-125. VogeleyW.1998.BirdsoftheLionPark, Maryut. (TCNN, POBox64, Bukuru, Plateau Gaborone.Babbler33:30-31.(Galgenburg ProvenqalP.&SorensenU.G.1998. State.Nigeria) 63,34346Hann.Muenden,Germany) MedievalrecordofSiberianWhiteCrane FormercommonnearEkokJan1996. 1,000haareaoffarmlandc25kmsouth GrusleucogeranusinEgypt.Ibis140:333— latterseenthere. ofGaboronerecorded174species.Fulllist 335. (Naturhist. Mus.Aarhus, RobelD.1998.AnobservationofAyres' availablefromBotswanaBirdClub. UniversitetsparkenBygn. 210, DK-8000 Hawk-EagleHieraaetusdubiusinThe AarhusC,Denmark) LiteratureReview BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement-3 a a Gambia. Bull.ABC5: 128-129. (Boliner andHemprich’sHornbill Tockus Nectariniabutunlikeanyknownspecies, Platz 1,03046Cottbus, Germany) hemprichii. aredescribedandillustratedfromthecoast SalAeuwgsk1i9V9.41s9o9u8t.hYoefllYouwn-bdruemastaierdpoArpta.lis AHunnetwerloNc.a,tCioanrtfeorrtCh.e&UsMalmubnagruaEE.ag1l9e98. snopretchimoefnGsuolffeoifthTeardyjeotu.ra,butno Apalisflavida:anewbirdforMali.Bull. OwlBubovosseleri.Scopus20:52-53.(8 Records—SouthernAfrica ABC5: 59. (Inst, fur!Vogelforschung, EnnismoreAve., Chiswick,LondonW4 ’VogelwarteHelgoland’,Ander 1SF, UK) AllanD.1995.EurasianSparrowhawks Vogelwarte27,26386Wilhelmshaven, InUluguruForest.InBirdsofAfricais andaberrantRed-breastedSparrowhawks Germany) asubspeciesofB.poensis. revisited.J.Afr.Rap.Biol. 10: 65- BouIgnoJuanni.1995caughtinmist-netnear Mwebi0.1998.Rangeextensionofthe A(fDruircba)anMus.,PB4085,Durban,South Bar-breastedFirefinchLagonosticta LocalAccipiterrufiventriscanlookvery SalewskiV.1998.Arecordofanimma- rufopicta.Scopus20:53-55.(Dept. likeEuropeanA.nisus.Neverthelessthe touvraemOpvenasmibsofrSopmarIrvoorwyhaCowakstA.ccBiuplilt.erABC5: O40s6t5e8o,loNgayi,roNbait,.KMeunsy.aK)enya,POBox cSowneslildeenrdeadmtospbeecsiom.enoflatterstill 120-121. (Inst,furVogelforschung, AtRaganga, KisiiDistrict,western ’VogelwarteHelgoland’,Ander KenyainApr1997. BeelC.1997.Yetanothernewbirdfor Vogelwarte27,26386Wilhelmshaven, Zambia...? ZambianOrn.Soc.Newsletter Germany) PottertonT.1998.SightingofWhite- 27: 7. (POBox9068, Itimpi, Zambia) Sept1997insouth-westofComoeNat. collaredKingfisherHalcyoncblorisin AGreaterSpottedEagleAquilaclanga Park. s(oPuetnhr-occehnteraDlvlSopmmatliSae.rvSiccoepsuLstd2,0:P5O6-B57o.x wgraosusnadteslliintePotrlaacnkdedtoftrhoemLburaeendgiwnagValley MSaarlteiwnsRkiipVa.ri1a9p9a8l.uBdircoowlna-,thnreowatfeordISvaonrdy 429N9o4r,thNeaiarsotbio,fMKoengyaad)ishuduring“a whereitwasnotactuallyseen! Coast.Malimbus20: 127-128. (Inst,fur recentvisit”. BothaA.J.1997.Recordsofnew(*)& Vogelforschung,’VogelwarteHelgoland’, interestingbirdsightings:QwaQwa AWinlhdeelrmVsohgaevlewna,rGteer2m7a,n2y6)386 PFiecaerdsuolanhD.yJp.o1l9e9u8c.aAPiKeadkFalmyceagtachFeorrest— NBaotxio2n7a1l,PCalrakr.enMsir9a70f7r,aS1o4u0t:hA1f2r-i1c6a.) (PO Seenfrequentlyinnorthernwinter readmissiontotheEastAfricanlist. Scopus Noteson28newand11otherspecies. monthsinComoeNat. Park. S20o:ut4h6w-o48l.d,(4SuLfufpoilnkCIlPo1s8e,6RNeWy,doUnK,) BoycottR.C.&MonadjemA.1998.First SalewskiV.&KorbJ.1998.Newbird AspecimeninNat. Hist.Mus.,Tring, recordofOrangeGroundThrushin recordsfromComoeNationalPark,Ivory UKcollectedinDec1965isthisspecies. Swaziland.Africa—Birds&Birding3(1): VCooagsetl.foMraslcihumnbgu,s’2V0o:ge5l4w-5a5r.te(HInesltg,ofluarnd’, PearsonD.J.,JacksonC.H.&Backhurst 16.Z(oNoothadedrraegsusmgeiyvieinn)Oct1997. AWofinlMDhdaeeerslrcamrbVsioohpguateviSloetwnnoa,rorkfGtLeetehrp2etm7oa,fpintr2syi6tl)3obs8r6cereudmienngirfeecroursd pGfC6ool.NlroCWys.Ege,al,1so9ttRU9teKA8ayf).raditMocenNagl.,uolSSdicoiaouo,ptuuKhssweWon2aly0rd:ab,—l4e3S-furif4rHf5sito.plrkp(eo4cIloPLar1uid8psin Bs3pr(e3aMc)ont:tac1ach5cu.ilBla(.lrN1aof9ic9rais8tdt..rderACoeiflstarsriaictgnaeiG—vaWeamBngti)toradoissl—&RiBvierrding inIvoryCoastandthefirstrecordsof2 InNov1995andreviewsearlierclaims. Mouth, 50kmwestofPortElizabethfrom speciesforNat.Park. earlyMay1998. SchoUaertV.1998.CitrineWagtail Records—Eastand North- MotacillacitreolainEthiopiaanditsstatus BrownC.J.1997.Earlyrecordofa eastAfrica inAfrica. Bull.ABC5: 129-130. (1 YellowbilledKiteinWindhoekleadstoa HameaudesPapins,B-7911Frasnes-lez- hypothesisontheirpopulationand ArcherA.L.&liesD.B.1998.Newbird Buissenal,Belgium) migrationpatterns.Lanioturdus30(4):6- recordsforUnguja(ZanzibarIsland).Bull. Feb 1997atLakeZiwayisfourth 8.(POBox6612,Ausspannplatz, Br. Ornithol. Cl. 118: 166-172. (POBox record. Only5othersinAfrica(Djibouti, Windhoek,Namibia) 1563746,spNeaciireosbia,ddKeendytao)Pakenham’s(1979) M1o99r8ocucnodearndRe3cionrdEsgypSto)u.th(eBruntsAfereicBar—anEcdh) DaMmilovnus3m0iAgurgans19p9a7r.asitusbehindAvis BOUChecklist, 14ofwhicharePalearctic migrants. TaylorB.1997.WhitewingedFlufftailsin BrownC.J.1997.“Stanley’sBustard”in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Wildl. andNHS EtoshaNationalPark, thefirstrecordof DewhurstC.F.1998.SightingofWaldrapp newsletter]uly-Sept1997:5-6.(Dept.Zool. Jackson’sBustardinEtosha.Lanioturdus GeronticuseremitainEritreaneartheRed & Entom., Univ. Natal, PBX01, 30(4): 19-20. (Dir. ofEnv. Affairs, PB Seacoast.Scopus20:57.(Nat.Res.Inst., Scottsville,Pietermaritzburg3209,South 13306,Windhoek,Namibia) CentralAve., ChathamMaritime, Kent Africa) NeotisdenhamiinNov1997isfirstfor ME4 4TB, UK) SomenotesonSarothruraayresistthe north-centralNamibiafor70years. 5atHarghigoinFeb1997. SulultasitewithbreedingproveninAug BrownC.J.1997.OspreysatFriedenau HarveyW.G.1998.Interestingbird 1996. Dam.Lanioturdus30(4):29.(POBox observationsfromEthiopia. Scopus20: WelchG.&WelchH.1998 Mysterybirds 6612,Ausspannplatz,Windhoek,Namibia) T4F8au-lnI5cbm1orp.nieFdr(agiPlaeoclouWEn(eapdlgellrsFee,agrArKmqie,unniuBtsll)aaTphecNlek3elhgiara9icmTna,Yo,i,BdeaUsrK,b)ary f(SrMaoixAmnmsfuDimnjneicdrhbhe,oauRltmiei,ks.eeSrGBuvurfelefl,eo.WnleAk-swBItilPCne1gt75eo:n3d4,BP6Yy-,t5i0lU.iKa) WBarrPobawlnendrDin.oens1t9h.9a8Bl.eieCaieEntanutsaemmroNAn9ob:vr4e.1a9(s9N7t.oedaddress HBlaarcwko-owdi’nsgFerdanLcoovleibniFrrdaAngcaoploirnnuissbatrawroaondtia, Pryatcielioafmtheilsbaanadndaspurnobbiarbdl,yparnoubnadbelsycaribed gPiavrEeknu)rinypAtuigla1s9u97b.cinnamomeavnKarooNat. 4-BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement LiteratureReview BrownD.1998. EuropeanCuckooat atendofMarallcompletedandheavier. KaestnerP.G.1998.Identifyingimmature SomersetEast. BeeEater49: 15. (No Wherehadtheycomefrom? ploversonthecoast:doKentishPlovers addCreuscsulgiuvsecna)norusinDec1997. HartleyR.R.,MundyP.J.&GoodwinW. o23c.cu(rPBin1N2a0m29i,biAau?ssLpaanninoptluartdzu,sW3i1n(d1h):oe2k2,- 1998.Eastwardrangeextensionsof Namibia) BrownD.1998.SightingsfromGeorge SpottedSandgrouse.HoneyguideAA:28. ApossibleCharadriusalexandrinusat andWildernessRegions.BeeEater49:21. (FalconCollege,Esigodini,Zimbabwe) WalvisBayinNov1997. (Noaddressgiven) Pteroclesburchelliseenafewtimes Recordsofseveralnotablespecies. aroundEsigodiniApr-Aug 1997. LeonardP.,KaholoH.&Wishko—tiB. ChiwesheN.C.1998.Blue-throated HawthorpeM.&HawthorpeB.1998. t1o99Z7a.mbFiraa.nklZina’msbGiuallniOnrLno.cShoicn.vNaerwslnetetwer SunbirdatManjinjiPaninthesouth-east EurasianOystercatchersintheEastern 27: 3-5. (KafueFisheries,POBox31522, lowveld. HoneyguideAA:31-32.(Orn.Res. Cape.Promerops234:10-11.(Noaddress Lusaka,Zambia) Unit,Dept. Nat. Parks,POBox2283, given) LamspipixcaninJan1997. Bulawayo,Zimbabwe) HaematopusostralegusatBlueHorizon Anthreptesreichenowi. BayinFeb1998. LiversidgeR.,HawthorneM.& CuunrutsiusalA.nBu.m1b9e9r7s.oSfhaLfotn-gt-atialieldeWdiPdaroawdiasned HBlaawctkhEogrrepteatMV.e&rloHraewnvtlheio.rpPreoBm.e1r9o9p8s.234: mH1i3a.gwr(atNthioooanrd.ndAerfeBrs.iscg1ai9—v9e8Bn.i)rMdosu&ntBaiirndiPinpgit3o(n2): WidowsatOldMutare.HoneyguideA3: 11.(Noaddressgiven) AntbushoeschiKcordinFeb1998near 223.(POBox24,Mutare,Zimbabwe) EgrettaardesiacainMar1998.(Record Kimberley. Maleand2female V.regiaseenand40 subjecttoverificationbyRaritiesCommit- maleandmanyfemaleViduaparadiseain tee.) LombardA.,GibbonsA.&WatkinsM. Apr 1997. HerremansM.&Herremans-Tonnoeyr 1998.ObservationsonRockKestrelsat DickinsonV.,FranklinB.,HarrisM.& D.1998.AGreaterKestrel(Falco F(aNloseadBdaryesHsosgpiivteanl).PromeropsFid-10-11. HartleyM.1997.RedshankandPurple rupicoloides)intheSouthwesternCape. SomenotesonabreedingpairofFalco aGadldlriensuslgeiavtenK)ariba. OnSafari16: 17.(No ProAmefirrospt-sye2a3r4:bi9r.d(cNaouagdhdtraesnsdgriivnegne)dJuly ctaitncnhuinncguSltuasrliinnagrSetvuorlnvuisngvupligpareias.ndof TringatotanusandPorphyrioporphyrio. 1997. ErtelR.&RoseB. 1997.[FirstAfrican HinesC.1995 FirstrecordofRiver LGorevaetttSnRi.p&eGLaolvleitntaVg.om1e99d8i.aRateScuhrarsehneceof rbeulcloerrdi.o]f(BGuelrlemra’nsAwlibtahtrEonsgsliDsihosmuemdmeaary) W(aPrOblBeorxf2or25N2a7m,ibWiian.dhLoaenkio,tNuarmdiubsi2a8):43. DBoatms.waBnaab)bler33:26.(POBox77,Shashe, Limicola11:306-309.(Wacholderweg9, LocustellafluviatilisinDec1994caught SeeninSept1996and1997atsame D-71686Remseck, Germany) inMahangoGameReserve. spot. OffCapepeninsularinAug1995. EsterhhuizenJ.&BeilisN.1996. HcoimnpelseCx.i1n9N9a7m.iGbrieay:-whheiacdhedspSepcairesroowccur MsiagphthiinsgsaDf.rHom.L1e9s9o7t.hoS.omMierianftreare1s4t(i3n/g4): EuropeanHobbiesintheFreeState,South intheCaprivi?Lanioturdus30(4):30-31. 2-3. (c/oProf. D.P. Ambrose, Nat. Univ. Africa.J.Afr.Rap.Biol. 11: 21. (PO Box (POBox22527,Windhoek,Namibia) Lesotho, PO Roma 180, Lesotho) 17523,Bainsvlei9338, SouthAfrica) SomebirdsconsideredtobePasser Noteson9species. 3recordsofFalcosubbuteoin griseusfoundatImpalilaIslanddespite BloemfonteinareaJanandDec1995and Passerdiffususbeingcommon.Records MartinP.1998.GreaterFrigatebirdatPort Jan1996. requireconfirmation. Elizabeth. BeeEater49: 14.(Noaddress given) FNarmiuetdoenGi..1L9a9n5i.oVtougredlusin28u:nd16u-2m2.(PO HFiignaejisTC..,&CSoaymAw.,eCnoayP.E.,19P9a7r.kAerrSa.s,hof recForredgfaotraEmaisntoerrintyCaFpeeb.1998isabout6th Box3910,Swakopmund,Namibia) rarities:birdingatImpalilaIslandand Includesalistforsite. alongtheZambeziRiver.Lanioturdus30 MartinR.,MartinE.&PeplerD.1997. (4):8-16. (POBox22527,Windhoek, BootedEagle:anearlyarrivalatnestsite. GornatahfefwJ.es1t99c7oa.sAt.mePrriocmaenroGposld22e9n:P1l2o.v(erNso NamNiobtieas)on•'variousbirdsseeninNov ProHmieerroapaset2u3s1p:e9n.n(aNtouasdbdarcekssatginvesetn)siteon addressgiven) 1997atImpalila,ateasternendofCaprivi 31July1997,2weeksearly. PluvialisamericanainFeb1995andMar 1997nearVelddrif. Strip. MartinR.&PeplerD.1997.RockPipits GBertiheusleileR/.Sp1r9i9n7g.fo[nOtbesienrvdiasttiriocntss,inStuhmemer WHrheiicntoeersbdeCfl.rlo&iemdMteKhneodrAhenaldaosnnoihinngrNJa.asm1sil9ba9in8ad.:s.afirst KianaddrtroheoespBsoaogvriitva.ena)nPhrooemkerMoopusnt2aMi'ns9,.(No 1996/1997.1 (Afrikaanswith English Lanioturdus31(1):19-20.(Noaddress Anthuscrenatus40kmNEofCeresat summary)Mirafra14(3/4):6-7.(Posbus given) edgeofrange. a1r98rS,ievBvaeeltr/hdaeluploaibresteu9rr9ve9a2dt,aitSoenossuotofhf2bA7frresiepcdeaci)inegs.and norEtuhpeordnoftiosrsmeonregsaoluetnhseirsnbuftorwmhe(tchafefrrta)heis YMeeltleowl-ebrikllaemdpOHx.pe&cSkwearislaetSL.a1k9e9K7a.riba. uncertain. OnSafari16: 17.(Noaddressgiven) GroblerG.P.J.1997.Whitethroatsinthe JamesJ.M.B.1997.SabotaLarkatGache 2BuphagusafricanusseenNiihgroupof southwesternFreeState. Mirafra14(°): 2. Gache,Kariba.HoneyguideA3:219-220. Red-billedB.erythrorhynchusinFeb199". (SoPuOthBoAxfri3c7a5)05,Langenhovenpark9330, (ZCiomrbnawbawlle)Farm,POBox581,Marondera, MundyP.J—.1998.RiippeH'sGriffonin wintSeerv,ersalomSyelviinafculolmmmouunlitsbcuatu8ghitnoovneernet inJMuinreaf1r9a97saibsoltaargienrCahnagreareaxtHeunnsitoinn.gArea BZ23ui-lm2ab4w.aaby(owD,eepZti.amNbtahatib.rwdPetai)rmkes..HPonOeyBgouixde2A28A3-,. LiteratureReview BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement-5 : , GypsrueppelliionVlakfonteinEstatein RobertsE.L.1998.EmeraldCuckooat WhittingtonP.A.,DyerB.M.&Crawford June1997. Hermanus.Promerops233:13.(Noaddress R.J.M.1998.Leach’sStormPetrel:further WM(Dauernpbtld.eyrNaPitn..Jt.hP&earhGkason,od.PdOwHoiBnnoeWyx.g2u21i89d39e,8A.AA3R1.iver g(iRveeCcnho)rrydssoucbojcecctyxtcouvperriefuisc'atmi]omn1b9y98R.are nS2c0ei..w,(sUAnfviirvao.nmCDtaheepmeiosgTlraonawdpns.h,yBRioUrnndidtNe,ubDmoebspectr.hsS7!t7a0t(0.1),: BirdsCommittee.) SouthAfrica) Bulawayo,Zimbabwe) Oceanodromaleucorboaconfirmed LocustellafluviatilisinBulawayoinDec SearleA.W.1997.AfricanandStriped breedingonDyerIslandandfoundon 1993. CrakesbreedinginHwangeNationalPark. Dassenin1997. Honeyguide 219.(UmtshikeMgmt. pOeertetglreiEn.us19ca9l7i.drCias)liidnrMiaslPmeersebgurriyn.e(Falco UnitC,rePxBeg5r7e7g6i,aaDentdeA,eZniigmmbaatbowlei)mnas Records—AtlanticOcean ProAmerreocposrd22o8f:th1i5s—1m6i.gr(aNnotardadcree(sasrgoiavden) marginaliswiihchicksinearlyMar1996. Islands casualty)inDec1996. SearleR.1998.Noteworthyrecordsfrom HilleS.1998.[StatusofthekitesMilvus ParkerV.1995 Furtherobservationson t(hNeoHaudmdraensssdgoirvpen)area.BeeEaterA9:2-3. Mmiillvvuussfma.rcmiiigcraaundsa((HBaordtderate,rt1,91147)8a3n)donthe birdsofpreyinsouthernMozambique./. Noteson37species,2ofthemnational CapeVerdeIslands.](Germanwith AWfirl.dlR.apTr.usBti,olP.B10X:ll64,.P(acr/kovEinewda2n1g2e2r,ed and8localrarities. E(Inngslt,isfhursAulmlmgaermye)inJe.uOrnnd.S1p3e9z:ie7l3l-e7Z5o.ol.. SouthAfrica) TreeT.1997.TheKeiskammaWhite BereichTierokologie,Justus-Liebig-Univ. JackalBuzzardButeorufofuscusmd Pelican.BeeEater48:45-46. (Noaddress Stephanstr. 24, D-35390Giessen, Ger- WesternBandedSnakeEagleCircaetus given) many) cinerascensnewforMozambique. PelecanusonocrotalusstillthereMar RedKitepopulation5-6individuals PeplerD.&MartinR.1997.Further 1997. andBlackKite3-5in1996and 1997. sightingsofHoneyBuzzardsin TrippM.1998.BlackwingedStilt(295) Dhrabaisttaitccrheadnugcetsi,onhiunmnaunmpbreersssumraesyabned Stellenbosch.Promerops229: 11-12.(No breedinginnumbersatStrandfontein persecutionorpoisonedmeat. addressgiven) sewageworks.Promerops232:9-10.(No 2morerecordsofPernisapivorus. addressgiven) MullerH.E.&LippertK.1998 [Ameri- PnoetpelseronD.Pe&reMgarritneinFaRl.c1o9n9s8o.fAdditional Sep2t8-Onecstts1o9f97H.imantopushimantopusin ocannFSuwearltleovwe-nttauirlae,dnKeitwetEolatnhoeidPaelsafeoarrfciticca.tlus (GermanwithEnglishsummary)Limicola Stellenbosch.Promerops234:12.(No TrippM.1998.MarabouStork(89)inthe addressgiven) wheatlands.Promerops233:13-14.(No 12: 80-84. (Feldgrieben2, D-16831 froNmeawhenleisctospitteesroifnFaawleclolpweroergkreidnupsatfcohu.nd addLreepstsopgtiivleons)crumeniferusnear RheMiansrbe1r9g9,3Gaecrcmepatneyd)asfirstrecord. PritchardD.1998.AsightingofaBearded RsuibvjieecrtsotondveerriefnidcaitnioFnebby19R9a8r.e(BRiercdosrd Records—IndianOcean RobinErythropygiaquadrivirgataandsome Committee.) Islands interestingbehaviourfromBarredOwls Glaucidiumcapense.Babbler33:29-30. TylerS.J.1998.AninfluxofDuskyLarks DesfayesM.1997.AspecimenofHirundo (ShakaweLodge,POBox12,Shakawe, PinarocorysnigricansintheGaboronearea abyssinicafromMadagascar.Bull.Br. Botswana) inearly1998.Babbler33:32-33.(Room Ornithol.Cl.117:315.(RuedePrevent, FormerinMar1998andlatterattacked 106, DAHP, PB 0032, Gaborone, 1926Fully,Switzerland) tapeofsongofThrushNightingale Botswana) CollectedinJan1925andfoundin Luscinialusciniabeingusedtotrytoentice Exceptionalnumberseeninlate GenevaMus.appearstobefirstrecord. this. summerof1997-98,mostlysinglebirds. LeCorreM.&ProbstJ.M.1997.Migrant PritchardD.&HaggettA.1998. TylerS.J.,LewisJ.M.S.&TylerL.1997. andvagrantbirdsofEuropaIsland MelanisticOvamboSparrowhawkAccipiter FirstrecordofBasraReedWarbler (southernMozambiqueChannel).Ostrich ovampensisvXShakaweLodge.Babbler AcrocephalusgriseldisinBotswana.Ostrich 68: 13-18. (Mus. d’Hist. Nat., 97400Saint 30.(ShakaweLodge,POBox12,Shakawe, 68: 44-45. (Room 106, Dept. Anim., Denis,ReunionIsland) Botswana) Health&Prod.,PB0032, Gaborone, 30non-breedingspeciesidentifiedwith InApr 1998. Botswana) 22newrecordsforisland.8notrecorded PryceE.&PritchardD.1998.Birdnews GabOonreoncea.ughtJan199715kmnorthof ionthMeardoacgeaasnciacriwsliatnhd2inoafrteah.emnotonany fromShakawe 1996/97; andOctober1997 toJanuary1998byPritchardD.&Pryce TylerS.J.&TylerL.1998.Acommenton MatyotP.1998.Ornithologicalobserva- D..Babbler33:28—29.(ShakaweLodge, AfricanFinfootsontheMaricoRiver. tionsinSeychellesfromthediaryofHugh POBox12,Shakawe,Botswana) Babbler33: 33.(Room106,Dept.Anim. Scott,July1908-March1909.Birdwatch Highlightsofrarerspeciesseenat Health&Prod.,PB0032, Gaborone, 25:4-7.(Noaddressgiven) ShakaweLodge. Botswana) Verbatimextractsaboutbirds. RiddellI.C.1998.BirdsofInyantueand ThereareseveralpairsofPodica MorrisR.1998.FirstrecordofEuropean NorthHwangeNationalPark.Honeyguide senegalensisnearMalolwane. Bee-eaterMeropsapiasterinMadagascar. 44: 33-34. (POBox4330,Harare, WebsterK.1998.Abdim’sStorksat Bull.ABC5: 58. (c/o SWK Metroplaza Zimbabwe) Queenstown. BeeEater49: 16.(No ToWer1,HingFongRd.,KwaiFong, Recordsof6speciesrecordedas addressgiven) HongKong) doubtfulinHwangelist{Honeyguide32: Ciconiahbdimiimjm1998. AnumberseeninNov1996justnorth 68-87). ofIfaty. 6-BullABC Vol6No 1 Supplement LiteratureReview 1 : Migration—Palearctic lowerSenegalrivervalley.Malimbus20: PhoeniconaiasminorinKyamburaGame 33-53- (23rueJeanMoulin,08090 Reserve,southwestUganda.Scopus20:33- BrettJ.1995.MigrationofLesserKestrels Aiglemont,France) 38. (NeueStr. 25, D-33824Werther, intheSerengetiNationalPark,Tanzania./. 1,460birdsof31 Palearcticspecies Germany) Afr.Rap.Biol. 10: 63. (210AHawk (outofnearly83,000ringed)recapturedin Jul-Sept1994fluctuations. Mountain Rd.. Kempton, PA 19529, USA) atleastonesubsequentwinter, 103in3-5 Nearly150,000Falconaumannion1 winters.For7speciesrecurrencenot General Biology Mar1996and 15,000on 13Mar. previouslyprovedinAfrica. BothaM.C.1998.NestingRedwinged vandenBrinkB.,BijlsmaR.G.&van SpierenburgP.1998.Migrationofswifts StarlingsattackEuropeanStarling. derHaveT.(eds)1998.European overBougouni,southernMali.Malimbus Promeropsldi:10.(Noaddressgiven) songbirdsandBarnSwallowsHirundo 20: 69-74. (BP815,Thimpu,Bhutan) OnychognathusmonokilledStumus rusticainGhana:aquestforConstant EuropeanApusapusandLittleSwifts vulgaris. DE3rfe7efp0coo8errtmtJbSB5ei8t:rZee/s5iJ3saatpn,npd.uTahS(rcewy/aoNle1Dlt9roh9iwe6er/rbl9oea7orn.sgdtsssW)wieIngW1O6c, Arra.eisnapfoffrinondniits.nagttsotafratvoofur1a9b9l5erfaoirnaygisnegasaoftnera BN1o2o-rw1t6dh.eer(nnNCBo.aal1dd9d9Irb8ei.ss.sLaWgsiotvrcelnhd)aBnicredfwoarttchhe20: Swallowroostsseempromisingbut StoateC.1998.AbundanceofOlivaceous GeneralnotesonGeronticuseremitain CESwillbedifficultasmostbirdsatlow WarblersHippolaispallidaandpotential Souss-MassaNat.ParkinMoroccoandthe densityandterritorial.Moresitesneedto invertebratepreyinunmanagedAcacia threatstoitssurvival.c200birdssurvive. beinvestigated. woodland.BirdStudy45:251-253.(Game BranchB.1998.Hatchedinthatch. HerremansM.1998.Strategies,punctual- CSPo6nse1rEFv,anUcyK)Trust,Fordingbridge,Hants Africa—Birds&Birding3 (4): 48-53. (No KitayloahfaarririBvaasliann,dBortansgweasnao.fmIbiigsra1n40t:s5in85t-he wooDdelnsaintdytshiagnnigfircaaznetdlyshaivgahnenraihnoArcacia addGreensesrgailvebni)ologyofSociableWeaver 590.(AvianDemographyUnit,Dept. Stat. farmland.Invertebratesfoundmore Philetariussociusanditscommunalnest. Sci.,Univ.CapeTown,Rondebosch7700, commonlyinJanuarythanNovember DiopM.S.1998.WAOSResearchGrant SouthAfrica) especiallyintrees-withclimbers. report:Deuxespecesdecalao:Tockus amnidd2-nsNotortavtaeefgmfiebecest:redaa)bnaydrrrhiaivignehfabllyelf;doebrp)eeaNnrodrivevneetmaboftenerr ToynltehreSs.eJa.s&onTayllperreLs.e1n9c9e7a.nOdbmsoeurlvtatoifons PdeeittvyiettrhesrioCtorethaeyv,niacSiheruneesdgeeatlsT..aiMnraaeslsuiptmruobstudesagne2s0e:sla6d6e-l6a7. rainamountandtiming.Secondresultsin EuropeanReedWarblersAcrocephalus (Dept. Biol. Anim. UCAD, Lab. d’Ecol. earsrsaetiscsmoecnctupoafti’eofnfeacntidvec’osmipzleicoaftneosn- sOcsitrrpicahce6u7s:2X1a17s-it1e18in.s(ocu/toheRasotoBmot1s0w6a,na. 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HampeA.1998.FieldstudiesontheBlack Z62a-mA6b8ni.aa.(duNAloftraAidqcduarielsaBsicrgldiasvneg&na)Btirradciknegdb3y(1): YPaolseearfctRi.c&EgAylpotniaDn.Vu1l9t9u7r.esDoNeiompmhartounre VPgaaosrgcreaolrtf.oCroBsruclalhc.uonpAgsB,isCVnoi5g:gerl1aw0ia8nr—wt1ee1s3H-teel(rgInnosMltaa.ndda,- tsaotetlhleitSeofurtohmLburaeendgiwnagNgarto.unPadrsk,inZPaomlbainad pneorrctnhoeprtnesruusmmreemra?inDiienAVforgiecalwdeulrtin11g8t:he AWinlhdeelrmVsohgaevlewna,rGteer2m1a,n2y6)386 JaM.le-tCyh.bo1uu9gr9hg8i.tBw.MaiUgs.r,antoMiteosynebseutnrraigtneCgti.hees&loaBtftaearrn.bardaulutd E2iin8ld5aIit-n,v2i8SPd9iuOn.aali(BsIaonitnxn.daB7Iu4is4trr,duawemElainltjacuatvh,neidnInsig1rla5eCe.sle4)nw%teeirrnesi2pnr3i.n5g%, aocnoDuaasctttiiavciftcryoopmmamtu3tnewriencsea,ktfsioojonudsatanpndodsstfoocbriraaegleindgi,ng Short-toedEagleCircaetusgallicustracked suggestingthatfewstaycontraMundyet behaviour. bysatellite.Alauda66:39-48. al. 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(DurbanMus., PB behaviour,distributionandconservation migrantsinWestAfrica.Zoology101 4085, Durban4000, SouthAfrica) ofthespeciesformallydescribedin199“ (Suppl.l):13.(Inst,furVogelforschung, Atlasdataunreliableduetoconfound- (.Bull.Br. Ornithol.Cl. 117: 5-10). ,VogelwarteHelgoland,AnderVogelwarte ingofseasonalchangesandgroupsizes. HoffmannL.1995.Paradiesfliegen- 27,26396Wilhelmshaven,Germany) Roadcountsshowthereappearstohave schnapper.(German)Lanioturdus28: ShortdescriptionofstrategiesinComoe beenachangeintheCapebetweenmoving 12-14. (Postfach239.Otjiwarongo. Nat. Park,IvoryCoastandcomparisonof outin1965-1966andintoKarooand Namibia) WillowWarblerPhylloscopustrochilusmd fynbosin 1988-1993. NotesonParadiseFlycatcher PiedFlycatcherFicedulahypoleuca. Kruger0.1998.Fluctuationsand Teipsiphone1n:ridis. SauvageA.,RumseyS.&RodwellS. movementsinagroupofLesserFlamingos 1998.RecurrenceofPalearcticbirdsinthe LiteratureReview BullABCVol6No 1 Supplement-7 a HoffmannL.1995.Streifenschwallen. RabarisoaR.,WatsonR.T.,Thorstrom WesternCape,SouthAfrica. Ostrich67: (German)Lanioturdus28:23.(Postfach R.&BerkelmanJ.1997.Statusofthe 86-89-(AvianDemographyUnit,Dept. 239,Otjiwarongo,Namibia) MadagascarFishEagleHaliaeetus Stat.Sci.,Univ.CapeTown,Rondebosch NotesonStripedSwallowHirundo vociferoidesm1995.Ostrich68:8-12. 7700, SouthAfrica) cucullata. (PeregrineFund’sMadagascarProject,BP Take7.2monthstocompleteprimary LeonB.&NicolsonS.W.1997.Metabolic 411939,Apanitrasnafnoaurnidvo19(91101-)1,99M5adiangaasncaarre)aof mforuolmt,CampeeaPnemniansssul3a4r4gmoaunndtamionvsetmoewnhtesat- rateandbodytemperatureofanAfrican WandNWMadagascar,abouttwice growingareastoNEaresuggested. sunbird,Nectariniachalybea.dailyrhythm previousestimateforthearea.Recom- Aafnrd.Jt.heZoeoflf.ec3t2:of3a1m-b3i6.en(tDtepetm.perZoaotlu.r,e. S. mendscontinuedmonitoring. WEaagtlse—onpRe.op1l9e9,8e.agTlheespalnidghwtetolfatnhdes’F—ish Univ.CapeTown,Rondebosch7701, RamosJ.A.1998.Biometrics,weights, conservationinMadagascar.Africa Birds SouthAfrica) breedingandmoultingseasonsof &Birding3(4):34-41.(Noaddressgiven) LesserDouble-collaredSunbirdreduced passerinesinanAzorescloudforest. Somegeneralnotesandincluding itsBasalMetabolicRateby50%atnight Ringing&Migration19: 17-22. (Edward rescuingandreleasingchickstohelp andwas88%ofvaluepredictedbysize. GreyInst., Dept. Zool., SouthParksRd, conservationofHaliaeetusvociferoides. Oxford OXl 3PS, UK) MlingwaC.O.F.1998.Breedingandmoult For4speciesonSanMiguelIsland.All Ecology cCyhclloersocoifctbhleafYlealvliovwe-nbterilsliinedcoGarsteaelnTbaunlzania. bChraefdfJiuncnh-FAruigngailnldasctoaerlteebdssmohuolwtedinsAeuxuga.l AllanD.&Yo—ungD.1998.CARinthe eSsc-oSpaulsaa2m0,: 2P9O-3B2.ox(D3e5p0t6.4,ZoDoalr.-,eUsn-iSva.laDaamr,- dimorphisminbillmeasurements. WBeisrtdeNrunmCbaepreslt(2h)e:f1ru9i-t2s1b.e(gAivnitaonrDieppetn.. 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Res.,Huntersdale,Callow POBox14,Maun,Botswana) suggestingitisnomadic.Seemstohave Hill, VirginiaWater, SurreyGU25 4LN, Bugeranuscamnculatusnotedcasually bredin1995wherehomerangesclha. UK) whilesurveyingfromtheair.Flocksupto Techniqueusedisinteresting. Briefnotesaccompanyingphotographs 600birdsfoundespeciallyatheadofmain NjorogeP.&LaunayF.1998.Satellite ofthe3IndianOceanspeciesof flood. trackingofKoriBustardsArdeotiskoriin Alectroenas. BarnesE.,DaviesB.&HarrisonJ.A. Kenya. Scopus20: 19-22. (Dept.Orn.,Nat. TamungangA.S.1998.WAOSResearch 1998.Ecologicalproblemsat Mus. Kenya, POBox40658, Nairobi, Grantreport:habitatutilisationbythe Wildevoelvlei,Kommetjie.BirdNumbers7 Kenya) AfricanGreyParrotPsittacuserithacusin (2): 12-14.(Noaddressgiven) 2individuals,oneofwhichlasted6 KorupNationalParkandenvirons, DatafromCo-ordinatedWaterbird months,trackedonAthi-Kapitiplains. Cameroon.Malimbus20:65-66.(Dept. Countsusedtomonitoreffectsof Stayedwithin10kmofcaptureexceptfor Wildl.&FisheriesMgmt,Univ. 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(Eds)1997. sands. disturbed (hill-grass)butabundanceand WaterbirdsinKneiss,Tunisia,February BrownC RobsonN.&YatesM.1995. diversity'variedindependentlyofthe 1994. WIWOreport54: 140pp. (c/o .J., naturallydisturbedexotictesserae. Driebergsweg16c,3708JBZeist,The Distribution,statusandfirstbreeding Netherlands) recordofGreyKestrelinsouthernAfrica. DelestradeA.1998.Distributionand Surveyed31wetlandsandcountedand J.Afr. Rap.Biol. 10: 52-57. (Direct, of statusoftheEthiopianpopulationofthe trappedinGulfofGabes. Over130,000 Env. Affairs. PB 13306,Windhoek. ChoughPyrrhocoraxpyrrhocoraxbaileyi. waterbirdscountedinKneissarea,over Namibia) Bull.Br. Ornithol. Cl. 118: 101-105.' 1,000waderscaughtandringed.No NamibianresidentpopulationofFalco (CentredeRecherchessurlesEcosystemes Slender-billedCurlewsNumenius ardosiacusestimatedat39pairs.Nest dAltitude (CREA), 400Route du Tour, tenuirostrisand62colour-ringedGreater foundinSept1993andnotesonbreeding Montroc,74400Chamonix,France) FlamingosPhoenicopterusraterfound. andhuntingbehaviour. Foundin4areas, 1,000-1,300birdsis estimatedtotalpopulation. HerremansM.1998.Monitoringthe CarrP.1998.ExpeditionreportDiego worldpopulationoftheLesserGrey 4S7u:rv9e-y229.7,(4R-M18BACuhgiuvesntor19,97B.arSnsetaaSplwea,llow DunrdaenrzstooareC.y1bi9r9d7s.iTnhtehesuTrrvoipviaclaolfRainfor- gShrroiukneds(Lainnisuosutmhienronr)Afornictah.e/.noOnr-ab.re13e9d:ing DevCoennsuEsX3w1or1kAoZ,nDUiKe)goGarcia,inthe e(sMtakoferZeirikea,UnUigva.ndPaO.BOosxtri7c2h986,7:Ka68m-p7a1l.a, 4Zo8o5l-.4,9L3-ee(uRwoeynasleMsutse.enfowregCe1n3t,.BA-f3r0.,80Dept. 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